Deckers J. In defence of the vegan project.
JOURNAL OF BIOETHICAL INQUIRY 2013;
10:187-195. [PMID:
23515957 DOI:
10.1007/s11673-013-9428-9]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 06/24/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
The vegan project is defined as the project that strives for radical legal reform to pass laws that would reserve the consumption of animal products to a very narrow range of situations, resulting in vegan diets being the default diets for the majority of human beings. Two objections that have been raised against such a project are described. The first is that such a project would jeopardise the nutritional adequacy of human diets. The second is that it would alienate human beings from nature. It is argued that neither undermines the vegan project.
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