Good utilitarians are 90% vegan - Isha’s Substack
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The case for treating veganism, and morality itself, as a spectrum.
TL;DR: There is no moral cliff between vegan and non-vegan because there is no moral cliff between right and wrong. Actions are only better or worse according to how they affect conscious wellbeing, and are therefore best understood as points on a continuous spectrum. Veganism can be a useful rule, identity and commitment device, but it has no value apart from the suffering it prevents. @ratlimit@ratlimit Being 90% vegetarian is just as good as being vegetarian, and half as hard 5:57 PM · May 12, 2026 · 7.66M Views 16 Replies · 470 Reposts · 12.6K Likes I’m a bad vegan. I eat honey,…
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