"Derek" > wrote

> The paper sets out to prove that, while
> some argue that act-utilitarianism cannot provide an
> adequate critique of buying meat, on the basis that a
> single meat purchase will not actually cause more farm
> animals to be raised or slaughtered,

That in itself a pointless exercise and essentially a strawman. No
meat-eater I know would use such an obviously fallacious attempt to avoid
responsibility, it's vegans who use such tactics.