Is it right to eat THIS meat?
Whatever the theoretical possibilities of rearing animals without suffering may be, the fact is, that the meat available from butchers and supermarkets come from animals who were not treated with any real consideration at all while being reared. So we must ask ourselves, not: Is it ever right to eat meat? but: Is it right to eat this meat? Here I think that those who are opposed to the needless killing of animals and those who oppose only the infliction of suffering must join together and give the same, negativ answer.
Peter Singer, Animal Liberation
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Is it right to eat THIS meat?
Whatever the theoretical possibilities of rearing animals without suffering may be, the fact is, that the meat available from butchers and supermarkets come from animals who were not treated with any real consideration at all while being reared. So we must ask ourselves, not: Is it ever right to eat meat? but: Is it right to eat this meat? Here I think that those who are opposed to the needless killing of animals and those who oppose only the infliction of suffering must join together and give the same, negativ answer.
Peter Singer, Animal Liberation
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