From the book “Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism.”:
While philosopher Cheryl Abbate argues that it’s impermissible to consume sentient animals raised on either factory farms or “humane” farms, she defends ostroveganism, which holds that it’s permissible to eat the flesh of nonsentient animals, such as bivalves. Vegans who oppose the consumption of bivalves are guilty of what she calls “kingdomism” – the view that an animal is entitled to serious moral consideration just because of its membership in the animal kingdom. David DeGrazia, “Moral Vegetarianism from a Very Broad Basis,” Journal of Moral Philosophy 6 (2009): 143–65.
This was the first time I read the words “kingdomism” and “ostroveganism”, altough I already knew several people who made the choice of eating bivalves.
I found the word kingdomism, inspired by speciesism, as a very powerful reminder of the importance of sentience for moral consideration, rather than belonging to a particular species or kingdom. I would love to see a much bigger percentage of the population going ostrovegan, than a limited number of vegans.
From the book “Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism.”:
While philosopher Cheryl Abbate argues that it’s impermissible to consume sentient animals raised on either factory farms or “humane” farms, she defends ostroveganism, which holds that it’s permissible to eat the flesh of nonsentient animals, such as bivalves. Vegans who oppose the consumption of bivalves are guilty of what she calls “kingdomism” – the view that an animal is entitled to serious moral consideration just because of its membership in the animal kingdom.
David DeGrazia, “Moral Vegetarianism from a Very Broad Basis,” Journal of Moral Philosophy 6 (2009): 143–65.
This was the first time I read the words “kingdomism” and “ostroveganism”, altough I already knew several people who made the choice of eating bivalves.
I found the word kingdomism, inspired by speciesism, as a very powerful reminder of the importance of sentience for moral consideration, rather than belonging to a particular species or kingdom. I would love to see a much bigger percentage of the population going ostrovegan, than a limited number of vegans.
This was also the book that persuaded (and alerted) me to ostrovgegansim