With veganism on the rise, is meat cooked?
If people find that they feel good on a vegan diet, the ethical arguments will be more widely accepted, and it could become unacceptable to eat animals. Perhaps it won’t take three generations for people to see the industrial raising of animals as an abomination.
PETER SINGER: ‘Meat – or at least meat as we have known it – may be cooked… Vegans are suddenly everywhere. Restaurants that serve meals completely free of all animal products have opened all over… With celebrities such as Beyoncé, Oprah and Pink, all singing the praises of reducing or eliminating meat consumption, veganism is undoubtedly having a moment. There are two distinct threats that could indicate that yes, meat is on the way out. One is that a continuation of present trends against consuming meat will make it socially unacceptable for a large segment of society, as tobacco is today. The other is that a technological revolution will make producers of live cattle, pigs and chickens as irrelevant as Kodak became when the once-dominant camera and film manufacturer failed to embrace the digital revolution… If large-scale, commercial raising of animals for food is on the way out, that will be a very good thing for our climate and for our environment more generally…
It is a sad but true commentary on human nature that if the vegan movement were driven solely by ethical considerations, it would not be as large as it is today… When movie stars, actors and pop singers talk about how great they feel on a vegan diet, and vegan athletes win tennis championships, boxing titles and long-distance races, many more people are motivated to cut out animal products. Once people appreciate that they don’t need to eat animal products, and that they feel better without them, they will be more receptive to the ethical arguments against eating meat… If people find that they feel good on a vegan diet, the ethical arguments will be more widely accepted, and it could become unacceptable, at least in some circumstances, to eat animals… Perhaps it won’t take three generations for people to see the industrial raising of animals as an abomination. That day may be closer than we think’. SOURCE…
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