Are veg*ns more likely to be attracted to other moral causes?!
I thinking about causes such as environmental, no-sweat, Pro-Life, Anti-War, Stopping poverty and famine, promoting democracy here and abroad, racial justice, anti-death penalty, getting corporations off of welfare as well as watchdogging the methods in which the apply political pressure, equitable income distribution and trade agreements, health and safety standards and their enforcement, conscription (slavery), torture, freedom of speech, and of course animal rights as well as many many other issues!.
I'm not saying one must agree to any of these issues if veg*n!. I'm only asking are veg*ns more likely to fight for a cause they feel is moral and just as opposed to being apathetic and uncaring!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'm not saying one must agree to any of these issues if veg*n!. I'm only asking are veg*ns more likely to fight for a cause they feel is moral and just as opposed to being apathetic and uncaring!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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Good question!. I have never really considered it before!. It is possible that veg*ans are generally more attuned to suffering and there for more likely to act!. But not all veg*ns are veg*ns for moral reasons!. And there are many omni's who are kind, caring, activists!. It's an interesting question, maybe doing a statistical poll or survey may help you find out!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I think that is true!. I think that I am in agreement with nearly all of the causes you listed above, except "pro-life!." I am "pro-choice!." I think that by nature, veg*nism requires you to think about things from many different angles, moral/ethical, environmental, health, etc!., and that way of thinking can lead to thinking about other causes!. I find that to be the general case!.
That is my theory anyway!.
In regards to the comment above mine, I would agree with you, non-veg*ns are not "apathetic and uncaring!." I think it is more a matter of whether veg*nism attracts the same sort of people as these "moral causes" or vice versa!. And of course, this is a general statement, and there are obviously going to be those that don't fall within whatever outlines we draw around the issue!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
That is my theory anyway!.
In regards to the comment above mine, I would agree with you, non-veg*ns are not "apathetic and uncaring!." I think it is more a matter of whether veg*nism attracts the same sort of people as these "moral causes" or vice versa!. And of course, this is a general statement, and there are obviously going to be those that don't fall within whatever outlines we draw around the issue!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Part of my life was spent growing up around my grandfather who was a Union Steward - with a host of uncles that would sit around the table with him talking politics!.
So the 'no sweat', 'stopping poverty and famine', 'racial justice', 'getting corporations off of welfare', 'health and safety standards and their enforcement', 'freedom of speech', along with a host of other topics - such as fair wages, keeping the union STRONG, etc!. - - all were moral topics that I grew up around and heard!.
My grandfather - a meat eating Irishman!. So while there might be some sort of correlation to your suggestion - variables make such an assumption too wide an assumption that excludes others that clearly wouldn't fit within your assumption but indeed are very much attracted to moral causes!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
So the 'no sweat', 'stopping poverty and famine', 'racial justice', 'getting corporations off of welfare', 'health and safety standards and their enforcement', 'freedom of speech', along with a host of other topics - such as fair wages, keeping the union STRONG, etc!. - - all were moral topics that I grew up around and heard!.
My grandfather - a meat eating Irishman!. So while there might be some sort of correlation to your suggestion - variables make such an assumption too wide an assumption that excludes others that clearly wouldn't fit within your assumption but indeed are very much attracted to moral causes!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
A good question!.
I would say no!. What you eat is not necessarily a reflection of your general moral view once you get past your early twenties!. Hitler was amoral at best and was a veg!. So was Saloth Sar (Pol Pot)!.
I agree with the views that, at least in modern Western nations, vegans are more likely to support liberal moral causes, but that does not mean that conservative morals are necessarily bad: it is narrow minded to assume that liberals corner the market on virtue and all that is good!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I would say no!. What you eat is not necessarily a reflection of your general moral view once you get past your early twenties!. Hitler was amoral at best and was a veg!. So was Saloth Sar (Pol Pot)!.
I agree with the views that, at least in modern Western nations, vegans are more likely to support liberal moral causes, but that does not mean that conservative morals are necessarily bad: it is narrow minded to assume that liberals corner the market on virtue and all that is good!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Not necessarily, Charities and causes have many generous people who are not vegetarian and definitely not vegan among their ranks!. Peace Corps, Red Cross, WHO, UNESCO, WWF, OXFAM, American Heart Association, the people who are rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina, etc!. are primarily omnivores!. If you go to a fund raiser for one of these organizations there are few if any that offer a vegetarian plate as an option let alone as the main selection!. That ought to give you a clue as to what the eating habits of their main people might be!. Sorry, it would be nice to think of the vegetarian - vegan community as being more civic minded but to my knowledge it just isn't so!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
No!.!.!.people from all walks of life are into moral causes!.!.!.
Not too mention the fact the everyone has a different opinion of what is moral and what is not
For some, a moral cause would be a Earth Day clean up
For others, it would be working in a soup kitchenWww@FoodAQ@Com
Not too mention the fact the everyone has a different opinion of what is moral and what is not
For some, a moral cause would be a Earth Day clean up
For others, it would be working in a soup kitchenWww@FoodAQ@Com
I am a believer in every cause on that list aside from pro-life, I am pro-choice!.
As a vegan I feel that I am no more important than anyone else or anything else!.
I am a Libertarian Socialist if that means anything to you XDWww@FoodAQ@Com
As a vegan I feel that I am no more important than anyone else or anything else!.
I am a Libertarian Socialist if that means anything to you XDWww@FoodAQ@Com
I believe it's all tied together!. About the same time that I converted to vegetarianisn, I also became more politically aware and more worldly; I started caring more about other countries, other societies, other causes- basically, yeah, everything you described!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Perhaps, with the caveat already mentioned- the vast majority of veg*ns are liberal!. I've never met one who was actively anti-abortion!. (Sorry, I refuse to use the term "pro-life!." It sounds smarmy and smacks of Operation Rescue!.)Www@FoodAQ@Com
Vegans are probably more likely than the average person to support a liberal cause!. But they're probably less likely than average to support a conservative moral cause!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
They are more likely to get caught up in "causes" without thinking about the real complexity of issues, but I don't call that morals!. I would just call it naive!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Um!.!. I do my best for charity and I try to recycle as much as I can!. Being vegetarian makes me feel a bit more aware of the world around me kind of thing!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
In my case, yes!. I was in my own little bubble before going veg; not thinking too much about the outside world!. But after I went veg I suddenly realized that I should be doing something!. So now I give to charity and volunteer my time!. I am also very conscious of waste!. I have been especially concerned with corporate practices as they can exploit workers and get away with it!.
I have become a firm advocate for the environment and have made many changes to my past wasteful habits!.
I am still Pro-choice because I think a woman's choice in the best interest of herself (and sometimes the fetus) is more important!.
I have always been anti-war!.
I am currently looking into giving some of my income to Food Not Bombs which serves nutritious vegan and vegetarian food to the people with compromised incomes!.
Democracy is good!. I'm not sure what I can do yet but I am especially concerned with Latin-America, Ex-Soviet states, and Subsaharan Africa!.
ETC!.
I do believe that if you change your lifestyle for the positive it is not just a single link!. It grows into a whole chain that is connected to your initial cause!. It opens ones eyes to turn their back on their old life and to start anew!. And usually a person becomes more compassionate not only to causes like AR but also all the flaws in the world!.
What is that, that EBMID said!? I don't think there is such a thing as a "conservative moral cause!." Usually conservatives protect their own a$$es and have the "screw the little guy" attitude!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I have become a firm advocate for the environment and have made many changes to my past wasteful habits!.
I am still Pro-choice because I think a woman's choice in the best interest of herself (and sometimes the fetus) is more important!.
I have always been anti-war!.
I am currently looking into giving some of my income to Food Not Bombs which serves nutritious vegan and vegetarian food to the people with compromised incomes!.
Democracy is good!. I'm not sure what I can do yet but I am especially concerned with Latin-America, Ex-Soviet states, and Subsaharan Africa!.
ETC!.
I do believe that if you change your lifestyle for the positive it is not just a single link!. It grows into a whole chain that is connected to your initial cause!. It opens ones eyes to turn their back on their old life and to start anew!. And usually a person becomes more compassionate not only to causes like AR but also all the flaws in the world!.
What is that, that EBMID said!? I don't think there is such a thing as a "conservative moral cause!." Usually conservatives protect their own a$$es and have the "screw the little guy" attitude!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
First, I think you will find that most people who support and are active in the causes you list are pro-choice and supporters of a woman's right to choose!.
In answer to your question - not really!. I have been a political activist most of my life, though for human rights not animal rights!. In any campaign - anti-racist, anti-war, support for striking workers, anti-apartheid, women's rights, pro-choice etc - the majority of participants have, of course, been meat-eaters because the majority of people are!. The percentage of veg*ns seems to be the same as among non-activists!.
I was a socialist and involved in the anti-apartheid movement before I had even considered being a vegetarian - it was the 1960s and there weren't anywhere near as many vegetarians around then!.
Many veg*ns extend their care and concern for human suffering to human beings and so support liberal causes, but there are many who do not!. And of course it happens the other way round too!.
Most of the people, both public figures and private individuals, whose record on progressive causes I admire and respect most are - as far as I know - meat-eaters
I think the link is tenuous at best!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
In answer to your question - not really!. I have been a political activist most of my life, though for human rights not animal rights!. In any campaign - anti-racist, anti-war, support for striking workers, anti-apartheid, women's rights, pro-choice etc - the majority of participants have, of course, been meat-eaters because the majority of people are!. The percentage of veg*ns seems to be the same as among non-activists!.
I was a socialist and involved in the anti-apartheid movement before I had even considered being a vegetarian - it was the 1960s and there weren't anywhere near as many vegetarians around then!.
Many veg*ns extend their care and concern for human suffering to human beings and so support liberal causes, but there are many who do not!. And of course it happens the other way round too!.
Most of the people, both public figures and private individuals, whose record on progressive causes I admire and respect most are - as far as I know - meat-eaters
I think the link is tenuous at best!.Www@FoodAQ@Com