Should we stop eating animals?

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PROS
Argument forIntensive livestock farming causes a great deal of suffering to animals
Argument forIntensive livestock farming poses serious environmental problems
Argument forEating animals is bad for humans
Argument forWorking conditions in slaughterhouses are inhuman
Argument forEating animals means deciding on the lives of beings who have asked for nothing from anyone.
Argument forSome animals are considered sacred
Argument forEating animals habituates you to cruelty
Argument forEveryone can adopt a plant-based diet
Argument forAnimal suffering is inevitable in the meat production process
Argument forPro-meat arguments are fake news propagated by industry lobbies
CONS
Argument againstEating animals is a gustatory pleasure
Argument againstEating animals is good for your health
Argument againstEating animals is an ancestral practice
Argument againstEating animals is the norm in nature
Argument againstEating animals is the only way to acknowledge one's animality
Argument againstEating animals helps when crops fail
Argument againstEliminating ruminant livestock farming could disrupt many ecosystems
Argument againstStopping eating animals would destroy some farming activities
Argument againstVegan substitutes are often allergenic
Argument againstStopping the breeding of certain animals would make them disappear
Argument againstEating invasive animal species can be beneficial
Argument againstNot eating meat causes nutritional deficiencies
Keywords : Veganism, Food, Meat, Animals, Animal suffering, Vegetarianism[ edit ].

To understand the debateTo understand the debate

IntroductionA question that began to emerge with the anti-speciesism movement

Antispeciesism is a movement dating back to the 1970s, which asserts that the species to which an animal belongs is not a relevant criterion for deciding how it should be treated and the moral consideration it should be given.

IntroductionVeganism increasingly present in society

Veganism is the doctrine that humans should live without exploiting animals, according to the Vegan Society, founded in 1944. It is a way of life based on vegetarianism, which is a very old way of life. Nevertheless, veganism has been gaining in prominence recently, with some well-known public figures going vegan, even if it remains a minority.

IntroductionDefinition of an animal

In classical biology, an animal is a living being that feeds on organic substances. Today, the term "animal" is reserved for complex, multicellular beings.

IntroductionUnderstanding animal welfare

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Animal welfare is broken down into five freedoms corresponding to the animal's fundamental needs:

  • physiological freedom (absence of hunger and thirst),
  • environmental freedom (absence of discomfort),
  • Sanitary freedom (freedom from disease and injury),
  • Behavioral freedom (the right to express normal animal behavior),
  • psychological freedom (absence of fear and anxiety).

Arguments forPros

What are the pros of vegetarianism?
  • Argument forIntensive livestock farming causes a great deal of suffering to animals
  • Argument forIntensive livestock farming poses serious environmental problems
  • Argument forEating animals is bad for humans
  • Argument forWorking conditions in slaughterhouses are inhuman
  • Argument forEating animals means deciding on the lives of beings who have asked for nothing from anyone.
  • Argument forSome animals are considered sacred
  • Argument forEating animals habituates you to cruelty
  • Argument forEveryone can adopt a plant-based diet
  • Argument forAnimal suffering is inevitable in the meat production process
  • Argument forPro-meat arguments are fake news propagated by industry lobbies

Arguments againstCons

What are the cons of vegetarianism?
  • Argument againstEating animals is a gustatory pleasure
  • Argument againstEating animals is good for your health
  • Argument againstEating animals is an ancestral practice
  • Argument againstEating animals is the norm in nature
  • Argument againstEating animals is the only way to acknowledge one's animality
  • Argument againstEating animals helps when crops fail
  • Argument againstEliminating ruminant livestock farming could disrupt many ecosystems
  • Argument againstStopping eating animals would destroy some farming activities
  • Argument againstVegan substitutes are often allergenic
  • Argument againstStopping the breeding of certain animals would make them disappear
  • Argument againstEating invasive animal species can be beneficial
  • Argument againstNot eating meat causes nutritional deficiencies

To go furtherTo go further

BibliographyBibliography

  • Jonathan Safran Foer, Faut-il manger les animaux ?, Éditions de l'Olivier, 2011.
  • Eric Lombard, “Peut-on encore manger de la viande ?”, Ouvertures, 11 juin 2011.
  • Martin Gibert, Voir son steak comme un animal mort : Véganisme et psychologie morale, Lux Éditeur, Québec, 2015.
  • Lierre Keith, Le mythe végétarien, Pilule Rouge, 2013.
  • Elodie Vieille Blanchard, René Laporte, Faut-il arrêter de manger de la viande ?, Le Muscadier, 2014.

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