I’m in agreement with you on the meat consumption issue: morality doesn’t begin and end with meat consumption, but it’s better to donate lots to effective animal charities and be vegan, as opposed to offsetting one’s meat consumption or having fancy vegan meals and being vegan. This seems to be the standard utilitarian stance. That’s without taking into account the benefits of being vegan in terms of flow-through effects too, which have been discussed on this forum before. Personally, after having become essentially vegan, my family has had to reduce its meat consumption too, because it’s not worth it to buy a lot of animal products anymore when 1⁄3 of the family is now vegetarian/vegan.
In terms of the overall review, I agree that it’s a good introduction for non-EAs. I enjoyed ‘Doing Good Better’ a lot, and I would highly recommend it too, though I doubt many people on here won’t have read it.
I’m in agreement with you on the meat consumption issue: morality doesn’t begin and end with meat consumption, but it’s better to donate lots to effective animal charities and be vegan, as opposed to offsetting one’s meat consumption or having fancy vegan meals and being vegan. This seems to be the standard utilitarian stance. That’s without taking into account the benefits of being vegan in terms of flow-through effects too, which have been discussed on this forum before. Personally, after having become essentially vegan, my family has had to reduce its meat consumption too, because it’s not worth it to buy a lot of animal products anymore when 1⁄3 of the family is now vegetarian/vegan.
In terms of the overall review, I agree that it’s a good introduction for non-EAs. I enjoyed ‘Doing Good Better’ a lot, and I would highly recommend it too, though I doubt many people on here won’t have read it.