Vegetarianism As A Moral Position Is No

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.

Speciesism Is Morally Objectionable Because, Like Racism, Sexism, And Heterosexism, It Links Personhood With An Irrelevant Criterion. Those Who Reject Speciesism Are Committed To Rejecting Racism, Sexism, Heterosexism, And Other Forms Of Discrimination As Well.

Veganism Must Be The Baseline If We Are To Have Any Hope Of Shifting The Paradigm Away From Animals As Things And Toward Animals As Nonhuman Persons.

The Most Important Form Of Incremental Change Is The Decision By The Individual To Become Vegan. Veganism, Or The Eschewing Of All Animal Products, Is More Than A Matter Of Diet Or Lifestyle; It Is A Political And Moral Statement In Which The Individual Accepts The Principle Of Abolition In Her Own Life. Veganism Is The One Truly Abolitionist Goal That We Can All Achieve - And We Can Achieve It Immediately, Starting With Our Next Meal.

Being Vegan Provides Us With The Peace Of Knowing That We Are No Longer Participants In The Hideous Violence That Is Animal Exploitation.