DiscoverUncertainty#51 Dr. Michael Huemer | It's Simple - Stop Eating Meat
#51 Dr. Michael Huemer | It's Simple - Stop Eating Meat

#51 Dr. Michael Huemer | It's Simple - Stop Eating Meat

Update: 2025-09-23
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Dr. Michael Huemer and I discuss the evils of factory farming, the strengths and possible drawbacks of a vegan and vegetarian diet, whether animals have rights, if humans are the pinnacle of intrinsic value, and whether already having severe dietary restrictions justifies eating meat (it doesn't).

Check out Dr. Huemer's book, "Dialogues on Ethical Vegetarianism".

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EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:33 What goes on in factory farms?

00:10:45 Do we have to argue that animals have rights?

00:17:26 Do animals have rights?

00:25:02 Can we hunt animals?

00:27:24 Are all animals sentient?

00:29:01 The Shrimp Welfare Project

00:36:54 Why does it seem normal to eat meat?

00:41:08 Nutritional deficiencies in a vegan diet?

00:47:25 Plant farming kills animals too!

00:55:06 Are we heading for a vegetarian-only world

01:02:30 The role of ethical intuitions

01:09:04 BONUS CONTENT - The inconsistencies of moral anti-realists


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#51 Dr. Michael Huemer | It's Simple - Stop Eating Meat

#51 Dr. Michael Huemer | It's Simple - Stop Eating Meat

Miles K. Donahue