The Pros And Cons Of Vegetarianism

-16 After having read Vaughn I realize that people think with a mixture of moral thinking whether it’s a consequentialism or ethical egoism, everyone is different and how they were raised has a great influence on that. One dilemma that everyone can relate to is their diet, what are they going to eat in any given day? Different diets have emerged and the most unheard of thing to do is not to eat meat like the vegetarian and vegan diets. Although, these diets are able go be consumed for very long period of time why do people choose to be a vegetarian or vegan or not eat meat for that matter?

That’s an outrages number on beef and it isn’t going to decrease anytime soon. There is obviously a religious aspect that hinders eating animal and I do

Is there something that they know about meat that the rest of the world doesn’t? Or are they animal sensitive and feel it’s wrong to eat animal because of their moral status? R. G. Frey states, “The moral vegetarianism is the means by which each of us can move directly to eliminate the pains of food animals. Once we come to see our treatment of veal calves as wrong, vegetarianism is seen by Singer as the means by which each of us can do something about this treatment”(622). Frey, in Singer’s behalf, believes we can all start by eliminating the practice of eating the meat. This in return, relieves the thought of an animal doesn’t need to be killed for your survival. If everyone followed, they would cause awareness that animals do not have to suffer for us to survive. It sounds like animal treatment is key because Frey also mention, “from suffering does not show that meat eating itself is immoral, only that the treatment animals receive as they are turned into food is immoral”(616). She basically says some vegetarians are not eating meat until they treat animals better before they are

If we look at it from a utilitarian approach, which Singer intended, if everyone became vegetarian for the greater good animals would not have to suffer. Other the treatment of animal’s, becoming vegetarians has resulted in being better for the environment. One study conducted in California in 2009, compared the environmental effects of vegetarians versus non-vegetarian diets. They wanted to know if animal consumption creates a more energy efficient environment. It turns out that, “A non-vegetarian diet consumed 2.9 times more water, 2.5 times more primary energy, 13 times more fertilizer, and 1.4 times more pesticide than a vegetarian diet. These statistics suggest that vegetarian diets are, in fact, less taxing on the environment”(Francis and