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Veganism Sparked by Simple Attention
- Silvia's conversion to veganism began after reading a straightforward newspaper article about farm animals.
- This new attention to the animals' lives transformed her moral perspective profoundly.
Attention Central to Moral Life
- Moral failings often stem from lack of attention more than flawed reasoning.
- Attending properly to reality is fundamental in ethical life, as emphasized by Murdoch and Vayle.
Everyday and Philosophical Attention
- Murdoch's philosophical and everyday concepts of attention largely overlap, involving familiar experiences of paying attention.
- Attention includes seeing, failing to see, and sometimes attending inappropriately, linking closely to moral conduct.