Veganism and Moral Intuitions - by Simon Sarris
map.simonsarris.com · 5,047 words · saved by 2 readers
Inspecting some ethical claims, in the hope you might revisit some of your own intuitions
Veganism and Moral Intuitions Simon Sarris Jun 24, 2026 107 52 14 Share “What have the Romans ever done for us?” “Hard distinctions make bad philosophy” — John McCarthy ~ ~ ~ I believe there are vital health reasons to avoid a vegan diet, but that is not the subject of this post. Instead, I want to inspect two ethical claims made by vegans: Environmental: Creating meat, eggs, or dairy calories is ecologically worse than creating non-meat/eggs/dairy calories, so we should only eat the latter. Animal Welfare: Eating meat, dairy, or eggs causes animal suffering, which should be avoided, so we sho
saved by
related reading
- More People Means More Goodetiennefd.substack.com
- Good utilitarians are 90% veganishaharris.substack.com
- If You're Going To Eat Animals, Eat Beef and Dairy — EA Forumforum.effectivealtruism.org
- An Animal's Place - Michael Pollanmichaelpollan.com
- Eating Meat and Eating Peopler.jordan.im
- Essays on Reducing Sufferingreducing-suffering.org
- Practical veganism - Works in Progress Magazineworksinprogress.co
- Some thoughts on vegetarianism and veganism — EA Forumforum.effectivealtruism.org
- Practical veganism - Works in Progress Magazineworksinprogress.co
- Eating Meat Is Worse Than Raping Animals - by Josie Elewaelewa.substack.com
- When should an Effective Altruist be vegetarian? | Meteuphoricmeteuphoric.com
- Animal suffering isn't pretendblog.andymasley.com