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Living Vegan

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Getting Started with Going Vegan

Introduction to Veganism


Objections

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No Souls

1

"Humans Have Souls; Animals Don’t."

Necessary for Health

1

"We Need to Eat Animal Products for Health."

Natural

1

"It's the Natural Circle of Life."

Made Me Sick.

1

"A Vegan Diet Is Not for Everyone; It made me sick."

God Gave Dominion

1

"God Condones Eating Animals."

Forcing Values

1

"It's My Personal Choice." 

Food Chain

1

"It's the Natural Circle of Life."

Circle of Life

1

"It's the Natural Circle of Life."

Not for Everyone

1

"A Vegan Diet Is Not for Everyone; It made me sick."

Personal Choice

1

"It's My Personal Choice." 

Bible Condones

1

"God Condones Eating Animals."

B12 Tho'

1

"B12 Proves a Vegan Diet Is Not Natural."

Apex Predators

1

"It's the Natural Circle of Life."

Tradition and Culture

1

"It's our tradition, culture, and way of living."


Animal Ethics

9

Sentience

4

By Animal

4

Fish Sentience and Cognition

Pig Sentience and Cognition

Chicken Sentience and Cognition

Cow Sentience and Cognition

Ethics and Philosophy

1

Tom Regan's Case for Animal Rights

Animal Exploitation

8

For Food

8

Cows

2

Cows: Injustices and Suffering

Cow Sentience and Cognition

Fish

2

Fish Sentience and Cognition

Fish Injustices and Suffering

Pigs

2

Pig Injustices and Suffering

Pig Sentience and Cognition

Chickens

2

Chickens: Injustices and Suffering

Chicken Sentience and Cognition


Environment

2

Overview

1

Animal Agriculture and the Environment

Sustainability Claims

1

Plant vs Cow Milk

1

Cow's Milk vs Plant & Almond Milks for the Environment


Human Health

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Other Health Topics

2

"We Need to Eat Animal Products for Health."

"A Vegan Diet Is Not for Everyone; It made me sick."

Nutrients of Concern

2

Vitamin B12

2

Vitamin B12 Information for Vegans

"B12 Proves a Vegan Diet Is Not Natural."

Personal Health Issues

1

Diabetes

1

Diabetes and the Vegan Diet

Public Health Issues

1

Can Veganism Mitigate World Hunger and Starvation?


Advocacy

1

Building Rapport in Advocacy and Outreach

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  • Can Veganism Mitigate World Hunger and Starvation?

    A plant-based food economy will promote a more efficient food production system better capable of feeding the world.

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  • Fish Sentience and Cognition

    Fish feel pain, are sentient, and lead rich cognitive, emotional, and psychological lives.

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  • Getting Started with Going Vegan

    Practical suggestions for getting started with going vegan.

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  • “It’s My Personal Choice.” 

    In answering this objection to veganism, we show how personal choice cannot be used to justify actions that are unethical.

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  • Pig Injustices and Suffering

    We address the breadth and severity of the suffering and injustices pigs are forced to endure at the hands of humans.

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  • Building Rapport in Advocacy and Outreach

    This briefing show how rapport building is especially important for animal rights and vegan advocacy and why it helps. It provides specific techniques to build rapport, and discusses how it applies in various situations.

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  • “Humans Have Souls; Animals Don’t.” (to be revamped)

    Several points to consider when evaluating the objection to veganism and animal right based on the presence or absence of a soul.

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  • Diabetes and the Vegan Diet (to be revamped)

    For some individuals a vegan diet can mitigate and possibly eliminate diabetes.

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  • Tom Regan’s Case for Animal Rights (to be revamped)

    These words by philosopher Tom Regan provide perhaps the most terse, cogent, and tenable case for animal rights, as well as a rebuttal of the objections to animal rights.

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    Man in a suit holding a protest sign saying "Empty Cages"

  • Vitamin B12 Information for Vegans (to be revamped)

    We address several aspects of Vitamin B12 for those on a vegan diet, including cost, supplementation and the claim that B12 proves a vegan diet is not natural.

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  • “God Condones Eating Animals.” (to be revamped)

    We address several related objections to veganism and animal rights that center around religion.

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  • Pig Sentience and Cognition (to be revamped)

    Pigs are sentient, capable of complex mental processes, and lead rich cognitive, emotional, and psychological lives.

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  • “It’s our tradition, culture, and way of living.” (to be revamped)

    Several points to consider when considering the “culture and tradition” objection to veganism and animal rights.

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  • Chickens: Injustices and Suffering (to be revamped)

    We catalog the breadth and severity of the suffering and injustices chickens are forced to endure at the hands of humans.

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    Crowded chickens in a warehouse.

  • Chicken Sentience and Cognition (to be revamped)

    Chickens are sentient, are capable of complex mental processes, and lead rich cognitive, emotional, and psychological lives.

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  • “We Need to Eat Animal Products for Health.” (to be revamped)

    There is agreement among the credentialed dietetic and medical communities that we do not need animal products to be healthy.

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  • Cow’s Milk vs Plant & Almond Milks for the Environment (to be revamped)

    Cow milk is significantly more environmentally damaging than plant milks, even almond milk.

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    A cow in a steam beside an almond tree.

  • Cows: Injustices and Suffering (to be revamped)

    We catalog the breadth and severity of the suffering and injustices farmed cows are forced to endure at the hands of humans.

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  • Cow Sentience and Cognition (to be revamped)

    Cows are sentient, capable of complex mental processes, and lead rich cognitive, emotional, and psychological lives.

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  • Animal Agriculture and the Environment (to be revamped)

    An overview of the devastating impacts of animal agriculture on the environment.

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  • Introduction to Veganism (to be revamped)

    This briefing provides an overview of the concepts behind veganism, explore the history of vegan thinking, and provide some reasons to consider veganism.

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  • “It’s the Natural Circle of Life.” (to be revamped)

    Objections to veganism based what is natural are not germane to the case for veganism, and even if they were, they are still dubious.

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  • Fish Injustices and Suffering (to be revamped)

    We catalog the breadth and severity of the suffering and injustices fish undergo at the hands of humans.

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  • “B12 Proves a Vegan Diet Is Not Natural.” (to be revamped)

    Any inference to the naturalness of a vegan diet based on the need for B12 supplementation is both irrelevant and fallacious.

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  • “A Vegan Diet Is Not for Everyone; It made me sick.” (to be revamped)

    We provide several reasons you may be having problems with a vegan diet.

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