Food for Thought : The Debate over Eating Meat

Editor's Introduction 9(13) Steve F. Sapontzis Section One: A Controversy with a Long Past A Very Brief History of Philosophical Vegetarianism and Its Influence 22(14) Daniel Dombrowski Section Two: What Anthropology and Medicine Have to Tell Us about Eating Meat What Is Our Natural Diet, and Should We Really Care 36(10) Randall Collura Vegetarianism: The Healthy Alternative 46(11) Neal Barnard Kristine Kieswer Nutritional Risks of Vegan Diets 57(13) Johanna T. Dwyer Franklin M. Loew Section Three: The Recent Philosophical Debate over the Moral Status of Animals and Its Implications for Our Diet The Basic Argument for Vegetarianism 70(11) James Rachels The Conscientious Carnivore 81(11) Roger Scruton The Right Not to Be Eaten 92(16) Evelyn B. Pluhar Animal Liberation: Vegetarianism as Protest 108(10) Peter Singer Utilitarianism and Moral Vegetarianism Again: Protest or Effectiveness? 118(6) R. G. Frey Why It's Wrong to Eat Animals Raised and Slaughtered for Food 124(14) Bart Gruzalski Vegetarianism and the Ethics of Virtue 138(14) Stephen R. L. Clark A Critique of the Alleged Moral Basis of Vegetarianism 152(16) Carl Cohen Section Four: Traditional and Contemporary Religious Teachings about Our Relation to Animals The Jewish Diet and Vegetarianism 168(9) Roberta Kalechofsky Christians Are What Christians Eat 177(9) Tom Regan The Theological Debate about Meat Eating 186(12) Andrew Linzey The Consumption of Animals and the Catholic Tradition 198(11) John Berkman Is Vegetarianism Un-Islamic? 209(14) Richard C. Foltz Eastern Religions and the Eating of Meat 223(13) James Gaffney Ask Your Brother for Forgiveness: Animal Respect in Native American Traditions 236(12) Rod Preece Section Five: The Feminist Debate over the Relation between the Treatment of Animals and of Women The Sexual Politics of Meat 248(13) Carol J. Adams A Paradox of Ethical Vegetarianism: Unfairness to Women and Children 261(11) Kathryn Paxton George Contextual Moral Vegetarianism 272(12) Deane Curtin Empathy and Vegetarian Commitments 284(10) Lori Gruen Section Six: The Environmental Debate over Respecting Predatory Nature and Protecting Animals Bambi Lovers versus Tree Huggers 294(8) Ned Hettinger Vegetarianism, Predation, and Respect for Nature 302(13) Jennifer Everett Moderation, Morals, and Meat 315(12) Frederick Ferre Vegetarianism and Ecofeminism: Toppling Patriarchy with a Fork 327(17) Marti Kheel Section Seven: Which Is More Important, Respecting Cultural Diversity or Protecting Animals? Animals and Ecology: Toward a Better Integration 344(15) Val Plumwood Subsistence Hunting 359(12) Gary L. Comstock Further Reading 371(4) List of Contributors 375