2005/08/01 by Charles K. Fink · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
paper · doi:10.15368/bts.2005v13n5.3
openalex publication_date 2005/08/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/03/20
One common objection to ethical vegetarianism concerns the morality of the predatorprey relationship.According to some critics, ethical vegetarians fail to recognize that human beings are predatory animals (while not carnivores, at least omnivores), and that meat is a natural part of the human diet.If it is natural for human beings to eat meat, how could it be wrong?Related to this is the charge that ethical vegetarians are in the awkward position of condemning, not just human predation, but all forms of natural predation.If we should interfere in the operations of the meat industry or abolish