From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 14:29:41 MDT
> (gts <gts_2000@yahoo.com>):
>
> I've seen only two theoretical arguments for vegetarianism:
> 1) the argument that humans have a moral obligation to minimize
> suffering in the world, including the suffering of animals, and
> 2) the argument that humans are best genetically adapted to a
> diet limited only to plant foods.
There's a very obvious third argument, which is that a vegetarian
diet is beneficial to health in the present environment with the
present availability of foods, whether we're "adapted" to it or not.
That (plus a bit of #1) was certainly my reason for being vegetarian
for 3-4 years. Later research didn't support the idea, so I'm back
on the beef now, but I never for moment bought the argument that we
were datapted for vegetarianism.
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