A very interesting discussion I came across online between Cosmicskeptic (Alex) and Earthlings Ed (Ed Winters) brought forth several points that I have wondered about in the past. In one segment, Alex poses the following question: knowing that plant-based foods also involve some harm in terms of crop deaths, isn’t it the case that anyone who consumes food over and beyond the bare minimum caloric requirement (including, and especially, vegans) is not leading a life conforming to ethical standards of veganism? Ed doesn’t give a straight answer and offers some generic caution against overconsumption. As though the question of consistency of this behavior under the puritanical requirements that most vegans insist on can be resolved with mere reference to a more general societal health problem about which vegans are nowhere as judgmental about.
What is veganism anyway?
What is veganism anyway?
What is veganism anyway?
A very interesting discussion I came across online between Cosmicskeptic (Alex) and Earthlings Ed (Ed Winters) brought forth several points that I have wondered about in the past. In one segment, Alex poses the following question: knowing that plant-based foods also involve some harm in terms of crop deaths, isn’t it the case that anyone who consumes food over and beyond the bare minimum caloric requirement (including, and especially, vegans) is not leading a life conforming to ethical standards of veganism? Ed doesn’t give a straight answer and offers some generic caution against overconsumption. As though the question of consistency of this behavior under the puritanical requirements that most vegans insist on can be resolved with mere reference to a more general societal health problem about which vegans are nowhere as judgmental about.