Miley Cyrus and Mike Tyson had the same news to share on recent podcasts with Joe Rogan: they are no…
Intention Plus Action: A Working Definition of Veganism
I’ve written at some length about how we define what it means to be vegan. In a world where we…
Defending Sam Harris’s Moral Landscape
This piece takes as its inspiration “Separating Ethics and Emotion” by my fellow Reasoned Vegan Evan Anderson. Most human problems…
Conveying the Absence of Effort
I’ve been growing a beard for approximately 6 years without once shaving it off. For the most part, this consists…
Coconut BLT
BLTs were always one of my favorite sandwiches from my carnistic, meat-eating days! Thank goodness there are many varieties and…
On Wearing the Mask and Not Eating Animals
The mask, like veganism, is for most of us a worthwhile and safe lifestyle change that improves the world around us, despite the temporary inconvenience
Wielding the Moral Force
Last week, I wrote about what I call the “moral force” of veganism. People really want to think of themselves…
The Invisible Moral Force
No one is forcing anyone to go vegan, not on an individual level and not on a policy level. So why are we often accused of forcing people to go vegan? The answer is the reason why, I believe, we may come to see a vegan world. And not by force.
COVID-19 and Animal Agriculture, Pt 2
Bad Excuses: Pathologizing Empathy
I want to follow up on a recent post I made, on separating ethics from emotion and why that’s a…