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"veganism" isn't what it purports to be
Rupert wrote:
> On Dec 29, 3:57 pm, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
> wrote:
>> Rupert wrote:
>>> On Dec 29, 11:32 am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
>>> wrote:
>>>> Rupert wrote:
>>>>> On Dec 29, 11:06 am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Rupert wrote:
>>>>>>> On Dec 29, 7:30 am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>>> "vegans" have never shown, and never will be able to show, that it is
>>>>>>>>>> unethical for humans to consume animal-derived products.
>>>>>>>>> What's the fallacy in this argument?
>>>>>>>>> http://www.uta.edu/philosophy/facult...ngel,%20The%20...
>>>>>>>> The fallacy is non sequitur: he builds what he thinks is a compelling
>>>>>>>> case against factory farming, then makes the unwarranted leap that *all*
>>>>>>>> meat consumption is immoral.
>>>>>>> He does make some remarks about how to make the further
>>>>>>> generalisation,
>>>>>> Unpersuasive.
>>>>> That is not engaging with what he said.
>>>> It's enough.
>>> No.
>> It is.
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> Enough for what?
Enough to engage what he said.
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