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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162721603321

Titolo

Vegetarianism / / Arthur Gillard, book editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014

ISBN

0-7377-7052-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Issues that concern you

Disciplina

641.5/636

Soggetti

Vegetarianism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-98) and index.

Nota di contenuto

An overview of vegetarianism / Douglas Dupler, and Rebecca J. Frey -- Humans are natural vegetarians / Faye Armitage -- Humans are not natural vegetarians / Nina Planck -- A plant-based diet is healthier / Hannah Vergara -- Vegetarianism is not a healthy diet for everyone / Precious Williams -- Meat consumption can be just as morally correct as vegetarianism / Nicolette Hahn Niman, Tovar Cerulli, and Joshua Applestone -- There is no moral justification for eating animals / Marc Bekoff -- A vegetarian diet is the only way to reduce animal suffering / Colleen Patrick-Goudreau -- Sustainable meat reduces animal suffering more than vegetarianism does / Jenna Woginrich -- Vegetarianism is better for the environment / Lisa Hymas -- Vegetarianism is bad for the environment / Sebastien Noel -- Gentle persuasion and leading by example win more converts to vegetarianism than militant advocacy / Shelby Jackson -- Flexitarianism is a less strict alternative to full vegetarianism / Joyce Davis -- Veganism is sometimes a cover for an eating disorder / Danielle Friedman -- The experience of being vegan and vegetarian in high school / Brittany Estes-Garcia.

Sommario/riassunto

Presents readings from a variety of perspectives about the topic of vegetarianism.