That’s fair. I would love it if we had data on this, and to be honest I am unsure about whether being strictly vegan is always right—my stronger objection to this article was about not being strictly vegetarian. That is easier to do and I think is perceived as less strict, at least in western societies. On the other hand, as I said in another comment I think that it’s very hard to eat meat and fully internalise nonspeciesism at the same time. A true nonspeciesist should be disugsted by meat, because that’s literally a dead body in front of you. So I think it’s worth it to be strictly vegetarian primarily to reinforce your own values, internally—but also for the signalling effect.
That’s fair. I would love it if we had data on this, and to be honest I am unsure about whether being strictly vegan is always right—my stronger objection to this article was about not being strictly vegetarian. That is easier to do and I think is perceived as less strict, at least in western societies. On the other hand, as I said in another comment I think that it’s very hard to eat meat and fully internalise nonspeciesism at the same time. A true nonspeciesist should be disugsted by meat, because that’s literally a dead body in front of you. So I think it’s worth it to be strictly vegetarian primarily to reinforce your own values, internally—but also for the signalling effect.