Global Ethics, Stupid Vegans
I've been reading a little into Animal Ethics, and of course Peter Singer is one of the seminal recent thinkers here. Regardless of whether one finds his ethical theory compelling - here is one easily understandable essay that doesn't - this article of Singer's in New Internationalist impressed me with its clarity on global responsibility.
Somewhere along the way, I bumped into this very sad story of a vegan couple recently convicted for the murder of their baby. It does not prove veganism is bad, only that stupidity is. However, according to this article, while a vegan diet can be ok for adults, it is not adequate for infants.
posted by xhile at 12:14 am
1 Comments:
I caught that on the news here. They were saying had they really fed the baby on soy milk and apple juice he would still be alive, not well nourished or developing, but you can keep a baby alive on soy milk and apple juice.
The story I saw had them convicted because they simply were not feeding the baby. At all.
Perhaps it was the best thing for the baby, rather than face a much longer lifetime full of developmental difficulties.
May 23, 2007 3:40 pm
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