If You Love Animals But Think That

Humans Treat Animals As Things That Exist As Means To Human Ends. That's Morally Wrong. Sexism Promotes The Idea That Women Are Things That Exist As Means To The Ends Of Men. That's Morally Wrong. We Need To Stop Treating All Persons - Whether Human Or Nonhuman - As Things.

People Say That Being A Vegan Creates A Social Problem In That Others May React Negatively. But Isnt That The Case If You Take A Principled Position On Any Issue, Whether Its Racism, Sexism, Heterosexism, Violence As A General Matter—or Speciesism? The Key Is To Educate Others About *why* You Take The Position.

The Theory Of Animal Rights Simply Is Not Consistent With The Theory Of Animal Welfare... Animal Rights Means Dramatic Social Changes For Humans And Non-humans Alike; If Our Bourgeois Values Prevent Us From Accepting Those Changes, Then We Have No Right To Call Ourselves Advocates Of Animal Rights.

It Costs Us So Little To Go Vegan. It Costs Animals So Much If We Don't.

We Cannot Justify Treating Any Sentient Nonhuman As Our Property, As A Resource, As A Thing That We An Use And Kill For Our Purposes.