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Animals

Overwhelming Evil

Christopher Devlin Brown argues that our wholesale destruction of animals makes veganism humanity’s primary moral imperative.

Imagine you’re looking through a pair of binoculars at a park. At one end of the park you see a young person scribbling some obscene graffiti, while at the other end you recognize a serial killer from the news who seems to be creeping up on a fresh victim. Urgently, you grab a phone and call the police. First, you tell them about the youth who is scribbling graffiti, including their physical description, their location, and other information relevant to catching them. You make sure to be as thorough as possible, then ask the police to read their notes back to you to guarantee that they have correctly transcribed every detail.

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