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Flat White

Against ethical veganism

16 February 2018

7:48 AM

16 February 2018

7:48 AM

Ethical veganism, which is commonly motivated by the minimisation of animal suffering or injury (an ideology which is often linked to the philosophy of ‘cause no injury’, central to Dharmic faiths), and environmental veganism, which is commonly motivated by the minimisation of environmental harm, are both vulnerable to what I call the nihilistic regress objection.

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