Just how common do such savageries have to be for a decent person to be unable to overlook them? If you knew that one in one thousand food animals suffered actions like those described above, would you continue to eat animals? One in one hundred? One in ten?
In "Eating Animals," Jonathan Safran Foer raises a thought-provoking question about the morality of eating meat. He challenges readers to consider the frequency of animal suffering and whether it can be justified by convenience or taste. The query invites introspection about personal values and ethics, compelling individuals to assess how much suffering they are willing to overlook.
Foer poses a hypothetical scenario regarding the proportion of food animals that endure significant...
