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I address the question if Whiteheadians should be vegetarians in two ways. First, I question if Whitehead should have been a vegetarian to be consistent, arguing that his omnivorous diet was inconsistent with his own philosophy. Second, I evaluate the works of three distinguished Whiteheadian philosophers on the ethics of vegetarianism. I argue that Charles Birch, John Cobb, and Jay McDaniel have prioritised animals justifiably over other organisms, yet that Birch and Cobb fail to do justice to the lives of other animals, and that the account provided by McDaniel fails to provide a convincing argument for minimal moral vegetarianism.
Author(s): Deckers J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Animal Ethics
Year: 2011
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 80-92
Print publication date: 01/04/2011
Date deposited: 10/02/2010
ISSN (print): 2156-5414
ISSN (electronic): 2160-1267
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/janimalethics.1.1.0080
DOI: 10.5406/janimalethics.1.1.0080
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