Ethical vegetarianism : from Pythagoras to Peter Singer / edited by Kerry S. Walters and Lisa Portmess.
Material type: TextDistributor: Albany : State University of New York Press, [1999]Copyright date: �1999Description: 1 online resource (xi, 287 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585092141
- 9780585092140
- Vegetarianism
- Vegetarianism -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Diet, Vegetarian -- history
- Ethics
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Nutrition
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diets
- MEDICAL -- Nutrition
- MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Nutrition
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Food Content Guides
- Vegetarianism
- Vegetarianism -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Ethik
- Quelle
- Vegetarismus
- Vegetarisme
- Ethische aspecten
- 613.2/62 21
- TX392 .E84 1999eb
- 08.38
- CC 7200
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index.
Antiquity: the kinship of humans and animals -- The eighteenth century: diet and human character -- The nineteenth century: diet and compassion -- The twentieth century: diet, rights, and the global perspective.
For vegetarians seeking the historical roots of vegetarianism, for animal rights activists and the environmentally concerned, and for those questioning their consumption of meat, here's a book that provides a deep understanding of vegetarianism as more than just a dietary decision.
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