Why is t being vegetarian enough?
First off, I want to quality by saying that between being a meat eater and a vegetarian, a vegetarian is massively better by just about every metric. It’s more sustainable, it causes less harm to animals and at least represents a conscious decision to try and do better. That is unequivocally a positive thing and should be recognised as such. I’ve absolutely no interest in the ‘vegans vs vegetarians’ thing because it’s completely unhelpful.
When we’re talking about someone who makes an ethical decision to go vegetarian instead of vegan though, there is really no good ethical argument for that. There are practical justifications, I don’t want to give up cheese, I’d find it too hard to get enough calories, I have a restrictive diet already etc. but these aren’t ethical arguments. There is really no way to maintain a consistent ethical position that involves boycotting beef but not dairy and leather, for example, since they’re practically the same industry built on the same exploitation.
The issue is that if you oppose animal exploitation or killing animals for food, vegetarianism directly funds both of those things. Calves taken from their mothers and killed by the dairy industry, their mothers killed and sold for meat or pet food when their profitability declines, lambs killed for meat every year as part of the wool industry , male chicks ground up alive and hens slaughtered once they’re spent as part of egg production. There is just no rational way to justify objecting to killing an animal for food while also being fine with exploiting and then killing those same animals a bit later on for different food.
Vegetarians are making a positive decision and I encourage that, what I’d discourage is stopping your journey there. Once you are comfortable with meat-free meals, take a look into the egg industry and ask yourself if this goes against your existing values. If it does, try swapping out eggs and see how you feel. When you’re comfortable with that, look into the dairy in industry and how inextricably linked it is to both beef and veal production. Try a few plant-based milks and see what you like. I promise you won’t struggle to give up cheese as much as you think you will, and if you do, just have a plant-based diet except for cheese, then see how you feel about that in a month or two. You don’t need to do everything all at once.
Just take it one step at a time, if you’ve managed to go vegetarian then that is genuinely great, and you should feel proud of that. But now you’ve got that down, it may be time to look at how you can do more to live your values through what you put on your plate, what you buy and what you wear. You’re already half way there, and my inbox is always open for advice.
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