Veganism is a matter of fairness, in a nutshell,
vegans don’t use animals for food, clothing, entertainment or other
purposes, insofar as it’s possible and practicable to do so.
Veganism doesn’t require perfection, just a reasonable commitment
to being fair to nonhuman animals.
Let’s say you drop some money and someone sees it, picks it up and keeps it. That’s unfair, isn’t it? Using someone is unfair. Hurting a child is unfair. Hurting a dog is unfair, right? Every year, by using animals, we make billions of animals suffer and we take away their lives for the most trivial reasons: taste, fashion, and amusement. Is that fair?
Animals are sentient. They experience the world. They are someones, not somethings. That means animals don’t want to be used by us; they want to live out their lives. They want to avoid pain and experience pleasure, like us. We don’t need to use animals to have good lives. In fact, using animals is often bad for our health. It’s also often bad for nature. Tradition, convenience, and pleasure are not good reasons to use animals. What good reasons do you have to keep using them?
If using animals when we don’t have to use them is unfair, using them just a little, humanely, or only once in a while is unfair. Using their bodies, their milk, their hair, their eggs, or their labour is unfair. Using some animals but not others is unfair. The only way to be fair is not to use animals. That means going vegan. Veganism is also the single most important thing you can do to help nonhuman animals short term and down the road. You can get started today!
If you believe that animals matter at all morally, then veganism is only
the starting point. Veganism isn’t a distant finish line achieved by
only the most committed of animal advocates. It doesn’t require a long
journey or baby steps. It only requires the decision that you no longer
wish to participate in the exploitation of animals.
You can start right now!
Free Book: Introduction to Animal Rights by Gary L. Francione
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