Do you eat chicken because you are familiar with the scientific literature on them and have decided that their suffering doesn't matter, or do you do it because it tastes good?
Jonathan Safran FoerWell, let me leave it at this: if God does exist, He would have a great deal be sad about. And if He doesnโt exist, then that too would make Him quite sad, I imagine. So to answer your question, God must be sad.
Jonathan Safran FoerShe was like a drowning person, flailing, reaching for anything that might save her. Her life was an urgent, desperate struggle to justify her life.
Jonathan Safran FoerAnimal agriculture makes a 40% greater contribution to global warming than all transportation in the world combined; it is the number one cause of climate change.
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