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People may hope that the meat they buy came from an animal who died without pain, but they do not really want to know about it. yet those who, by their purchases, require animals to be killed do not deserve to be shielded from this or any other aspect of the production of the meat they buy.
-Peter Singer
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People May Hope That The Meat They

Peter Singer
People may hope that the meat they buy came from an animal who died without pain, but they do not really want to know about it. yet those who, by their purchases, require animals to be killed do not deserve to be shielded from this or any other aspect of the production of the meat they buy.
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