Peter Singer: "The Ethics of What We Eat"

Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University and professor at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne, Peter Singer takes a hard look at the food we eat, where it comes from, and how it is produced.

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[Fortozero]

Eye-opening stuff. For the first time I'm seriously considering giving up eating animal products, particularly beef.

[ExSaint1379]

The most dangerous man in the world! A soft spoken professor who just says people should consider the feelings of all thinking beings. He's destroying morality by claiming we should help the poor and not torture animals to death.

[beaelliott]

Better still... What's the difference between a cow and a pig? ;)

[daddyleon]

Yeah, too bad we're not primary rational creatures, but emotional ones.

[donnyab]

yes but historically probably on an opportunistic basis only which would mean eating far less meat, ten thousand years ago meat did not come out of slaughter houses pumped up with anti-biotics

[ZekonjaPekonja]

why particulary beef? what is difference between beef and pork?

[MrGy1985]

His landmark book, Animal Liberation, is a must read for anyone who is considering the ethics of the treatment of animals. As you say, he makes his case in an impressively measured, rational and compelling way. I highly suggest that anyone who has not read it get a copy and read it as soon as you can!

[James Abrahams]

He is coherent. It fits in with utilitarianism. (Not actual genocide but I'm assuming that was just a loaded term meaning "killing lots of people). The point is not an ethical system of virtues that are good or bad. But on the whole miniminsing the amount of pain.

[shadowofthewarriors]

source please?

[Carlos Cucalon]

It's very interesting and ironic how this man defends the lives of all animals, but supports human genocide. Coherency, please.

[Wipeoutzone1]

We're smart now we don't need to eat meat to survive, the point is you have more to gain by having less, not that you're actually losing out on anything greatly important by not eating meat

[mrsfafi]

That is their nature, not their sickness.