Philosophical argument that has been used to reject vegetarianism
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The replaceability argument, or the logic of the larder, is a philosophical argument that has been used to reject vegetarianism. It holds that consuming nonhuman animal products is good for animals because if they were not consumed, fewer animals would be brought into existence.[1][2] The argument has particularly been engaged with within the context of utilitarianism.[3]
^Delon, Nicolas (2016). "The Replaceability Argument in the Ethics of Animal Husbandry" (PDF). In Thompson, Paul B.; Kaplan, David M. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. pp. 1–7. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6167-4_512-1. ISBN 978-94-007-6167-4. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
^Matheny, Gaverick; Chan, Kai M. A. (December 2005). "Human Diets and Animal Welfare: the Illogic of the Larder". Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 18 (6): 579–594. doi:10.1007/s10806-005-1805-x. ISSN 1187-7863. S2CID 154198751.
^Višak, Tatjana (2015). "Do Utilitarians Need to Accept the Replaceability Argument?". In Višak, Tatjana; Garner, Robert (eds.). The Ethics of Killing Animals. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199396078.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-939607-8.
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