
#9 — Earthling Ed | Veganism Can Be Complicated
Within Reason
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Veganism Is a Minimization of Suffering
I agree that in a sense, veganism is a minimization of suffering. It's not a elimination of suffering. And I also feel somewhat slightly disingenuous when I say these things. When we refer to something as being cruelty-free or say, go vegan, right? And then you're not contributing to animal suffering. These things aren't strictly true. We can't completely eliminate the suffering. But fundamentally they do nothing to discredit veganism as a philosophical teaching. They just show that society itself still suffers from an inherently speciesist mindset.
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