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Ethical Veganism Represents A Commitment To Nonviolence.

Not Only Are The Philosophies Of Animal Rights And Animal Welfare Separated By Irreconcilable Differences... The Enactment Of Animal Welfare Measures Actually Impedes The Achievement Of Animal Rights... Welfare Reforms, By Their Very Nature, Can Only Serve To Retard The Pace At Which Animal Rights Goals Are Achieved.

If An Animal Has Any Rights At All, It's Got The Right Not To Be Eaten.

We Can No More Justify Using Nonhumans As Human Resources Than We Can Justify Human Slavery. Animal Use And Slavery Have At Least One Important Point In Common: Both Institutions Treat Sentient Beings Exclusively As Resources Of Others. That Cannot Be Justified With Respect To Humans; It Cannot Be Justified With Respect To Nonhumans—however “humanely” We Treat Them.

You Don't Have To Love Animals To Recognize That It Is Immoral And Unjust To Exploit Them. But If You Do Love Animals, But You Continue To Participate In Their Exploitation, You Need To Rethink Your Idea Of What Love Means.