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Editor's Introduction | |
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A Controversy with a Long Past | |
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A Very Brief History of Philosophical Vegetarianism and Its Influence | |
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What Anthropology and Medicine Have to Tell Us about Eating Meat | |
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What Is Our Natural Diet, and Should We Really Care | |
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Vegetarianism: The Healthy Alternative | |
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Nutritional Risks of Vegan Diets | |
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The Recent Philosophical Debate over the Moral Status of Animals and Its Implications for Our Diet | |
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The Basic Argument for Vegetarianism | |
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The Conscientious Carnivore | |
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The Right Not to Be Eaten | |
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Animal Liberation: Vegetarianism as Protest | |
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Utilitarianism and Moral Vegetarianism Again: Protest or Effectiveness? | |
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Why It's Wrong to Eat Animals Raised and Slaughtered for Food | |
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Vegetarianism and the Ethics of Virtue | |
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A Critique of the Alleged Moral Basis of Vegetarianism | |
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Traditional and Contemporary Religious Teachings about Our Relation to Animals | |
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The Jewish Diet and Vegetarianism | |
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Christians Are What Christians Eat | |
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The Theological Debate about Meat Eating | |
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The Consumption of Animals and the Catholic Tradition | |
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Is Vegetarianism Un-Islamic? | |
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Eastern Religions and the Eating of Meat | |
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Ask Your Brother for Forgiveness: Animal Respect in Native American Traditions | |
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The Feminist Debate over the Relation Between the Treatment of Animals and of Women | |
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The Sexual Politics of Meat | |
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A Paradox of Ethical Vegetarianism: Unfairness to Women and Children | |
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Contextual Moral Vegetarianism | |
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Empathy and Vegetarian Commitments | |
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The Environmental Debate over Respecting Predatory Nature and Protecting Animals | |
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Bambi Lovers versus Tree Huggers | |
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Vegetarianism, Predation, and Respect for Nature | |
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Moderation, Morals, and Meat | |
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Vegetarianism and Ecofeminism: Toppling Patriarchy with a Fork | |
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Which Is More Important, Respecting Cultural Diversity of Protecting Animals? | |
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Animals and Ecology: Toward a Better Integration | |
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Subsistence Hunting | |
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Further Reading | |
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List of Contributors | |