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Look at the part I quoted in italics. It doesn't really say a lot to claim that a person can make a number of different choices provided that they are backed up by a sufficient line of reasoning for each kind of choice. It seems kind of like saying that a person can make a number of different...

It's hard to get shot at when casting an absentee ballot. And besides, this is an exciting election - how could I not make the most of my half hillbilly heritage? (especially when it may result in a health system that I would be morally comfortable working in)

Bradcube: The other reason I forgot to mention, which Slidey reminded me of, is health related. I eat better as a vegetarian - I knocks out most fast food chains and a lot of meat based meals full of saturated fats. My cardiovascular system will thank me when I'm older.

Agreed, funnily enough, except to some degree in a practical setting of course. It still helps to be able to compromise / resolve conflict when disagreement arises.

That's a nice descriptive statement of typical H. sapiens sapiens eating habits, but I challenge you to derive an 'ought' or a prescriptive statement from it (espcially given that we have argued that meat is not necessary for our survival). We also typically develop cancer or cardiovascular...

And that's fair enough. It's worth noticing that in the same way I push a moral agenda, you push an aesthetic one.

Sure, but this doesn't hold if the supplements prevent detrimental outcomes. Also, Vegemite! (yeast, etc...)

I voted for Obama in the primaries. He won my relevant state (Virginia) and it made me quite happy :)

Lentils are a beautiful thing.

Agreed - I wouldn't recommend vegan diets for children, but I certainly think a vegetarian diet is manageable for the reasons you have mentioned above.

As far as I am aware children can attain adequate nutrition from a vegetarian diet but it has to be done carefully (I'm allowing for free range egg and dairy products). Though I don't think supplements would be a bad idea (I use them myself). In terms of general intake of protein/carbs/fats I...

That's awesome. Though I must admit, I always get super-skeptical about articles posted around April 1st. Nonetheless, I'll trust Slidey's endorsement.

First, the easy part: why I don't eat meat. Essentially it comes down to my personal moral values. To some extent I advocate a broad utilitarian hedonism where you try to minimise pain and maximise pain across those organisms with a capacity for either. I also have reasons based on environmental...

Basically, if god is a jerk (e.g. Old Testament god) then I can't say I'm much of a fan. It'd be like bacteria worshiping the scientist that is testing penicillin on their agar habitat. Perhaps the scientist's personal progeny died (via antibiotic actions) to save the other bacteria from their...

Two things: (1) Bible verses don't really stand up against the actual state of the world. What is in question here is, partly, what is claimed in the bible regarding god (or perhaps what people think is claimed). Therefore you can't really turn to the bible to make your case without begging...

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^ Agreed.

The generalised continuum hypothesis: For every ordinal 'alpha' it is the case that Logical tautologies are fun too but they aren't as 'constructive', so to speak.

I'm a vegetarian socialist. Close enough.

I would be dissapointed if god didn't at least loosely adhere to a Rawlsian difference principle. For example, a poor rural farmer might be gifted with plentiful crops for the year, while a wealthy investment banker might be gifted with a card from a raffle which allows them a year of discounts...