The Logic of Vegetarianism: Essays and Dialogues

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salt, Henry S., 1851-1939

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Logic of Vegetarianism: Essays and Dialogues" by Henry S. Salt is a collection of essays and dialogues written in the late 19th century. The text explores the rationale and ethical arguments for vegetarianism, engaging with various counterarguments typically raised by advocates of meat consumption. The book aims to present a comprehensive and logical framework for understanding vegetarianism as not just a dietary choice, but a moral and humane philosophy that challenges common societal norms. At the start of the work, Salt outlines his intention to clarify the concept of vegetarianism, distinguishing it from misconceptions and critiques he aims to address through dialogue. He introduces the idea that while vegetarianism has gained traction as a movement, many misunderstand its core principles and ethical implications. Salt critiques the responses he received from opponents in the past, highlighting their flaws in understanding the arguments for vegetarianism, and emphasizes the necessity to engage with both the moral implications of meat consumption and the logical fallacies often employed by detractors. The opening sets a tone of intellectual rigor and establishes vegetarianism as a viable and ethically sound lifestyle choice to be defended against prevalent misapprehensions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Preface

Introductory

Why "vegetarian"?

The raison d'être of vegetarianism

The past and present of vegetarianism

Structural evidence

The appeal to nature

The humanitarian argument

Palliations and sophistries

The consistency trick

The degradation of the butcher

The æsthetic argument

The hygienic argument

Digestion

Conditions of climate

Flesh meat and morals

The economic argument

Doubts and difficulties

Bible and beef

The flesh-eater's kith and kin

Vegetarianism as related to other reforms

Conclusion.

Credits:

Produced by readbueno, Jan-Fabian Humann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 53.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.

Release date is 2015-09-12