Are You a Vegan or Are You an Extremist?

Abstract Our conventional wisdom about animal ethics, as embodied in the welfare position, is that animals are not things to whom we can have no moral obligations. Animals who sentient, or subjectively aware, a morally significant interest suffering. But, because they self-aware, do an empirical matter continuing live. So may use and kill long so ‘humanely’ impose ‘unnecessary’ suffering on them. There at least two serious problems with our this regard. First, chattel property, undervalue ignore their interests Second, cannot justify view sentient If morally, institutionalized exploitation of them be justified, veganism imperative.