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Tables of Contents for Deep Vegetarianism
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Series Foreword
xiii
 
Preface
xix
 
Acknowledgments
xxi
 
A Historical-Philosophical Overview
1
22
Learning from the History of Vegetarianism
1
4
Antiquity and the Special Case of Porphyry
5
8
From Medieval Times to the Modern Era
13
10
You Are What You Eat (Almost): The Meaning of Food
23
16
Food Symbolism
23
2
The Meaning of Meat
25
7
Vegetarian Meanings
32
7
Compartmentalization of Thought and Feeling---and the Burden of Proof
39
15
The Compartmentalization Phenomenon
39
5
Inconsistency
44
2
Failing to See Connections
46
1
A Brief Case Study: Environmental Ethicists and Meat-Eating
47
4
Reversing the Burden of Proof
51
3
Vegetrain Outlooks
54
11
Types of Vegetarianism
54
2
Experiences, Emotions, and Vegetarianism
56
4
Grounds for Vegetarianism
60
1
The Moral Status of Animals
61
4
Arguments for Vegetarianism: I
65
19
An Overview
65
1
Good Health
66
10
Animal Suffering and Death
76
4
Impartiality, or Disinterested Moral Concern
80
4
Arguments for Vegetarianism: II
84
29
The Environmental Impact of Meat Production
84
4
The Manipulation of Nature
88
7
World Hunger and Injustice
95
5
Interconnected Forms of Oppression
100
11
Common Threads
111
2
Arguments for Vegetarianism: III
113
27
Wisdom Traditions and Modern Parallels
113
2
Interspecies Kinship and Compassion
115
9
Universal Nonviolence (Ahimsa)
124
5
Earthdwelling: Native Peoples' Spirituality
129
4
Major Religions and Minority Voices
133
6
Vegetarian Building Blocks
139
1
Arguments Against Vegetarianism
140
35
The Consequences of Vegetarianism
140
7
Humans as Natural Carnivores
147
3
Animals as Replaceable
150
3
An Ecological Objection
153
2
The Necessity of Killing
155
1
A Feminist Critique of Vegetarianism
156
3
Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Imperialism, and Meat-Eating
159
4
Preventing Carnivorous Behavior in Nature
163
1
Eating Shmoos and Other Consenting or Indifferent Animals
164
4
Why Not Eat Free-Range Animals?
168
1
The Requirement of Moral Sainthood
169
4
Some Observations
173
2
Conscience and Change
175
10
The Vegetarian Conscience
175
3
Vegetarianism or Veganism?
178
2
New Directions and Creative Thinking
180
1
A Way of Life
181
4
Notes
185
30
Select Bibliography
215
12
Index
227