“Many think EA ideas argue for vegetarianism – but did anyone come to this conclusion who had previously been passionately carnivorous?”
I’m not sure what it means to be passionately carnivorous, but before I was exposed to EA ideas I ate animal products, enjoyed doing so, and did not anticipate stopping. I am now a vegan, and donate to non-human animal charities. My conversion to veganism was based partly on the moral arguments to do so, and partly on moral luck. I wouldn’t quite say that EA ideas argue for veganism (I think the “A” part suffices), but I would say that EA ideas give a strong argument for charities that promote reduction of animal product consumption.
This is plausibly just the typical mind fallacy, but I’ve always read these as more “being annoyed by fake moral sanctimony, and signalling opposition to it” than actually being pro-omnivory.
“Many think EA ideas argue for vegetarianism – but did anyone come to this conclusion who had previously been passionately carnivorous?”
I’m not sure what it means to be passionately carnivorous, but before I was exposed to EA ideas I ate animal products, enjoyed doing so, and did not anticipate stopping. I am now a vegan, and donate to non-human animal charities. My conversion to veganism was based partly on the moral arguments to do so, and partly on moral luck. I wouldn’t quite say that EA ideas argue for veganism (I think the “A” part suffices), but I would say that EA ideas give a strong argument for charities that promote reduction of animal product consumption.
I meant the sort of carnivore who says things like
takes delight trying to persuade their vegetarian friends to try bacon, and so on.
This is plausibly just the typical mind fallacy, but I’ve always read these as more “being annoyed by fake moral sanctimony, and signalling opposition to it” than actually being pro-omnivory.