I started eating dairy again (after 15 years of veganism) as part of a moral trade. Then, when the trade ended, I chose to continue eating dairy because of how much flexibility it had given me back. I can eat at the airport. There wasn’t a constant food scarcity program running itself in the back of my mind taking a much bigger toll on my mental health than I had realized since I was a teenager. As much as this usually sounds like an excuse, I honestly could not conclude that it was better for the world for me to go back to that for the amount of suffering it prevents.
Thanks for sharing Holly. I think it completely makes sense. If consuming dairy helps someone stay vegetarian instead of giving up on reducing suffering completely then I see that as a huge win. What I’ve realized is that even vegans make moral trades but when we are fanatical about veganism we fail to recognize some of these trades.
Totally. I gave up some kinds of influence and the highest point on the moral high ground by not being totally vegan but I’ve gained another kind of influence from people who were ready for reducetarianism.
I started eating dairy again (after 15 years of veganism) as part of a moral trade. Then, when the trade ended, I chose to continue eating dairy because of how much flexibility it had given me back. I can eat at the airport. There wasn’t a constant food scarcity program running itself in the back of my mind taking a much bigger toll on my mental health than I had realized since I was a teenager. As much as this usually sounds like an excuse, I honestly could not conclude that it was better for the world for me to go back to that for the amount of suffering it prevents.
Thanks for sharing Holly. I think it completely makes sense.
If consuming dairy helps someone stay vegetarian instead of giving up on reducing suffering completely then I see that as a huge win. What I’ve realized is that even vegans make moral trades but when we are fanatical about veganism we fail to recognize some of these trades.
Totally. I gave up some kinds of influence and the highest point on the moral high ground by not being totally vegan but I’ve gained another kind of influence from people who were ready for reducetarianism.