Taste and Torment: Why I Am Not a Carnivore

It is easy to cultivate psychopathy in our children: We need only tell them the lie that eating meat is necessary for survival and health, that since animals also do it without remorse, it is the Law of Nature, and that in any case animals are raised and slaughtered in a "humane" way (you...

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Main Author: Harnad, Stevan (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015.
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