Veganism Research Paper

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The consumption of animal products (e.g., meat, fish, and poultry) have long been a part of a standard global diet. Meat-eating is an important makeup of humans evolutionary as well as cultural history; however, within recent decades, many people are adapting to new forms of diets like veganism. Veganism is a practice in which participants strictly abstain from the use of animal products as well as by-products. As a result of the rise of such alternative diets, attitudes towards the ethics of current food cultures have changed. Ethical justification for the killing of animals is often the paramount reason why people choose to go vegan. Most ethical vegans believe there is no justifiable reason for killing animals for the purpose of food. Ethical vegans are strongly against the horrid circumstances that animals are subjected to thorough factory farming.
“The competition to produce inexpensive meat, eggs, and dairy products has led animal agribusiness to treat animals as objects and commodities. The worldwide trend is to replace small family farms with “factory farms”—large warehouses where animals are confined in crowded cages or restrictive pens” (Taylor). …show more content…

In order to make production faster and more convenient, factory farms revert to the treatment and butchering of animals in inhumane ways. [make a connection]. “The essential element to this lifestyle is faith in an interconnectedness of all life whereby an Ethical Vegan sees herself as ‘part of the natural world, rather than its owner or master’” (Hunt). Essentially, the principal belief that ethical veganism is based upon is the idea that all animals have somewhat of an inherent right to life and equality. [more info on animal

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