The Capacity To Reason Is

People May Hope That The Meat They Buy Came From An Animal Who Died Without Pain, But They Do Not Really Want To Know About It. Yet Those Who, By Their Purchases, Require Animals To Be Killed Do Not Deserve To Be Shielded From This Or Any Other Aspect Of The Production Of The Meat They Buy.

Grain That Is Used To Feed Animals That End Up On Our Tables As Turkeys And Hams Could Have Gone To Feed Starving People.

I'd Much Rather Be Part Of A Society Which Greatly Honors And Respects People Who Are Altruists And Who Are Effective In Their Altruism, Than One That Either Admires People Because They're, You Know, Celebrity Movie Stars Or Because They're Super Wealthy Just No Matter What They Do With Their Wealth Because I Think We Ought To Try To Encourage More People To Act In That Way.

Human Decision-making Is Complex. On Our Own, Our Tendency To Yield To Short-term Temptations, And Even To Addictions, May Be Too Strong For Our Rational, Long-term Planning.

To Be A Utilitarian Means That You Judge Actions As Right Or Wrong In Accordance With Whether They Have Good Consequences. So You Try To Do What Will Have The Best Consequences For All Of Those Affected.