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Vegetarianism as a Selfish Act?
If vegetarianism is anything, it’s unselfish. That is the whole point of vegetarianism; a person chooses not to eat meat for the sake of animals, not because of his or her own appetite. It is a sacrifice, an inconvenience, and often a nuisance for a person in the Hindu religion to avoid eating meat. Meat is everywhere. Although vegetarianism may be a hassle, certain people practice it because they feel they have no ethical right to impose culinary habits on the carcasses of cows, pigs, fish or any other type of animal.
Many types of religions follow the practice of vegetarianism. For example, Hinduism, my religion, is one of many that follow a tradition not to eat meat because animals too have rights and are in fact living things. Fraser in her argument articulates that one who does not eat meat is a nuisance for others, a complete antisocial being and therefore ultimately selfish. While it may be true that one’s decision to not......

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