Donna Quesada. The Triple Tragedy of Meat-Eating. (Animal Welfare) 7/7

An intelligent talk about the philosophy and benefits of a vegetarian diet. From her own garden, Professor Donna Quesada talks about the disastrous meat industry, from misinformation about human health, to environmental destruction, and animal cruelty. March 2009.----
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[profquesada]

Thank you for your insightful comment, Alberto.

[Ningishara]

Thank you, can you please elaborate on "today's circumstances"? What is your view of "it's rightful context". I am not looking for conflict. I just respect your insight and opinions.

[profquesada]

Basically, what I mean is all the stuff I talked about in the videos - all the pollution, environmental degradation, and of course, the horrendous conditions of factory farming, the degradation that goes along with it. Presumably, in the traditional contexts of the indigenous people, these circumstances were different. That doesn't mean I agree, but I don't feel inclined to spend energy arguing about their lifestyle, especially when they aren't the ones that created this mess - we are.

[profquesada]

Ningishara,

Thank you for watching and for your comment. I do not subscribe to that view, nor do I think it applies to today's circumstances. However, I respect it in its rightful context.

~DQ

[profquesada]

Thank you, JD, for taking the time to send me your sweet comments. Good luck on your project - it's a worthwhile cause!

~DQ

[profquesada]

Hi HiAdrian,

Thanks for watching!

~DQ

[BermudaRao]

Thank you for this video.I had to face a lot of criticism when I asked a similar question on The Philosophy Network.

[Alberto2382]

Thank you prof for all these videos. I think we human beings have become so disengaged from our natural surroundings that we have forgotten where we truly come from. Our idealization of the human being via it's rationality has done much to degrade animals and our environment. Capitalism is an outgrowth of instrumental reasoning which our system utlizes to undermine nature.

[Ningishara]

I see, thank you for your insight.

[Ningishara]

I am curious, you quote eastern and western philo/religious doctrine in your argument for veganism, so what do you think of native americans being mostly non-vegan and their philo/religious teachings about respecting ALL living spirits but also being part of the great wheel or perhaps the food chain and seeking a balance in all things even diet?

[PaulM7224]

Excuse that last criticism if it sounded mean. I'm bad at dissenting without sounding rude.

[PaulM7224]

Humans are not above the natural order of thing. It is you that wants to see yourself as superior. Animals and plants die for humans to live and humans die for plants and animals to live. We are not separate from the chain. We are not above nature.

To make my viewpoint clear, I do not think our current system of food production is moral or healthy.