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vegetarianism

The Ethical Problem of Vegetarian Cannibal Burgers

July 18, 2016 by Randal

Today I purchased some vegetarian burgers. Do they taste like meat? Eh, not so much. But consider Vic the Vegetarian. Vic is convinced that it is ethically wrong to eat meat, yet he loves the taste. And so he regularly eats vegetarian sausages and hamburgers. Is that wrong? More specifically, if Vic believes it is ethically […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, vegetarianism

On killing the dog

November 11, 2012 by Randal

Walter asked for an argument against eating meat. Here it is. This is Sonny, a Lhasa-Apso cross. We adopted him several years ago from the Humane Society. Lucky for him. Things could have worked out very differently for the little guy. Imagine a different scenario in which the Humane Society is replaced with the Home […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, morality, veganism, vegetarianism

The Meat-Eater’s Dilemma Revisited

November 11, 2012 by Randal

In “The Meat-Eater’s Dilemma” I explore the morality of people who have moral objections to the killing of animals for meat but who continue to eat meat nonetheless due to the willingness of others to kill the animals. I am one of the people that I place in this category so the dilemma is actually […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, morality, veganism, vegetarianism

The Meat-Eater’s Dilemma

November 4, 2012 by Randal

I must say I’m surprised at the fact that many commenters on my article “Is it right to eat that which you wouldn’t kill?”  did not address the central issue. That issue, our Meat-Eater’s Dilemma, can be summarized as follows: If Jones would refuse to participate in the slaughter of an animal so he can have […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: ethics, veganism, vegetarianism

Bacon: the single greatest challenge for vegans

June 16, 2012 by Randal

An exchange in the blog this morning on the morality of hunting brought me back to the problems with veganism and vegetarianism. Those problems can be summarized in one word: bacon. This comedy bit from my favorite comedian Jim Gaffigan illustrates the problem quite handily: I love Gaffigan’s work for three reasons. First, it is […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: bacon, Jim Gaffigan, veganism, vegetarianism

An argument for Christian meatatarians to consider

November 27, 2010 by Randal

Every couple months a church I know puts on a social event called “Men and Meat” where all the chaps in the church get together, consume copious amounts of meat and, er, beat their chests? The event reflects a troubling notion that masculinity is tantamount to a machismo that, among other things, is expressed in […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: animal rights, eschatology, meatatarian, veganism, vegetarianism

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