New Omnivorism and Strict Veganism

Cheryl Abbate is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has published over 30 academic pieces on animal ethics, including “People and Their Animal Companions” (Philosophical Studies), “Valuing Animals As They Are” (European Journal of Philosophy), and “Meat Eating and Moral Responsibility” (Utilitas).Christopher Bobier is an assistant professor of philosophy and the associate director of the Hendrickson Institute for Ethical Leadership at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. His work has been published in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Zeitschrift für Ethik und Moralphilosophie, Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Analysis, and Conservation Biology.

• Introduction Cheryl Abbate and Christopher Bobier Part 1: The Ethics of Freeganism 1. Freeganism: A (cautious) defense Josh Milburn 2. Is there a freegan challenge to veganism? Andy Lamey Part 2: The Ethics of Eating Insentient Animals 3. Entomophagy: What, if anything, do we owe to insects? Angela K. Martin 4. Don’t eat the bugs! Martijn van Loon and Bernice Bovenkerk Part 3: The Ethics of Eating Cultured Meat 5. In vitro meat, edibility, and moral properties Rachel Robison-Greene 6. Against flesh: Why We Should Eschew (Not Chew) Lab-Grown and ‘Happy’ Meat Ben Bramble Part 4: The Ethics of Eating Roadkill 7. Harm-based arguments for strict vegetarianism Donald W. Bruckner 8. Why eating roadkill is wrong: New consequentialist and deontological perspectives Cheryl Abbate Part 5: The Ethics of Eating Fish 9. A (begrudging and partial) defense of the fishing industry Bob Fischer 10. If you care about anymals, do not fish (or eat fishes) Lisa Kemmerer Part 6: The Ethics of Eating Disenhanced Animals 11. For their own good? The unseen harms of disenhancing farmed animals Susana Monsó and Sara Hintze 12. Gene editing to reduce suffering Adam Shriver Part 7: Further Thoughts: Vegan and New Omnivore Policy 13. The ethics and politics of meat taxes and bans nico stubler and Jeff Sebo 14. New omnivore policy: Friend or foe of veganism? Christopher Bobier