With clear logic and entertaining dialogues, the author presents many reasons for a vegetarian rather than a “flesh-eating” diet, and his arguments for not eating meat are as compelling today as when they were written. (Lee Smalley)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
INTRODUCTORY
06:56 - Chapter 2
WHY 'VEGETARIAN'?
10:13 - Chapter 3
THE RAISON D'ÊTRE OF VEGETARIANISM
08:24 - Chapter 4
THE PAST AND PRESENT OF VEGETARIANISM
10:07 - Chapter 5
STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE
12:07 - Chapter 6
THE APPEAL TO NATURE
11:06 - Chapter 7
THE HUMANITARIAN ARGUMENT
14:01 - Chapter 8
PALLIATIONS AND SOPHISTRIES
13:45 - Chapter 9
THE CONSISTENCY TRICK
13:36 - Chapter 10
THE DEGRADATION OF THE BUTCHER
08:31 - Chapter 11
THE ÆSTHETIC ARGUMENT
13:43 - Chapter 12
THE HYGIENIC ARGUMENT
10:56 - Chapter 13
DIGESTION
10:39 - Chapter 14
CONDITIONS OF CLIMATE
08:37 - Chapter 15
FLESH MEAT AND MORALS
13:33 - Chapter 16
THE ECONOMIC ARGUMENT
12:02 - Chapter 17
DOUBTS AND DIFFICULTIES
12:22 - Chapter 18
BIBLE AND BEEF
11:34 - Chapter 19
THE FLESH-EATER'S KITH AND KIN
12:29 - Chapter 20
VEGETARIANISM AS RELATED TO OTHER REFORMS
16:27 - Chapter 21
CONCLUSION
12:04