Reply to Walter Block on Ethical Vegetarianism

• Autorzy: Michael Huemer
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

I address Walter Block's recent criticisms of my book, Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism. Methodologically, Block relies too much on appeals to contentious and extreme assumptions. Substantively, most of his objections are irrelevant to the central issue of the book. Those that are relevant turn on false assumptions or lead to absurd consequences. In the end, Block's claim to oppose suffering cannot be reconciled with his indifference to a practice that probably causes, every few years, more suffering than all the suffering in human history. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

PL

Filozofia; Filozofia moralna; Etyka; Hodowla zwierząt

EN

Philosophy; Moral philosophy; Ethics; Animal husbandry

• Czasopismo: Studia Humana
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: 10(1)
• Strony: 41-50

Twórcy

autor

Michael Huemer

• University of Colorado

Bibliografia

• Block, W. E. On Huemer on Ethical Veganism, Studia Humana 9, 2020, pp. 53-68.
• Huemer, M. Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism, New York: Routledge, 2019.
• Rachels, S. Vegetarianism, in T. L. Beauchamp and R. G. Frey (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Animal Ethics, pp. 877-905, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/sh-2021-0004