symbolism meat-eating never neutral. himself, meat-eater seems eating — Mary Midgley, Animals Matter

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The symbolism of meat-eating is never neutral. To himself, the meat-eater seems to be eating life. To the vegetarian, he seems to be eating death. There is a kind of gestalt-shift between the two positions which makes it hard to change, and hard to raise questions on the matter at all without becoming embattled.

Mary Midgley, Animals and Why They Matter

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