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"veganism" isn't what it purports to be
Rupert wrote:
> On Dec 27, 7:50 am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
> wrote:
>> Despite all the fancy pseudo-philosophical rhetoric, "veganism" isn't
>> really about ethics. It's about smug self-satisfaction and sanctimony.
>> There is no valid ethics in "veganism" at all. It isn't at all about
>> identifying a moral and right course of action and then following it;
>> it's only about self-exaltation over a completely phony issue.
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>> "vegans" have never shown, and never will be able to show, that it is
>> unethical for humans to consume animal-derived products.
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> What's the fallacy in this argument?
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> http://www.uta.edu/philosophy/facult...20( 2000).pdf
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Argument is unsound: based on false premises.
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