Singer and Kingslover highlights strong opposing arguments when it comes to their preference of diet. Singer argues that it is not necessary for humans to eat animals. He sees it as the "most basic form" in society to use animals for only humans' desires and needs. In Kingslover's perspective, she points out when Harvest Day comes and people get ready for this gathering especially when it comes to meal, "the planning and physical effort are often greater". Singer's moral ideas of equal animal consideration are effective, but did not caught much of my interest as I read Kingslover's writing. She includes her personal connections to display her argument that meat eaters also carry the concerns of a vegan or vegetarian of where their food is coming from, such in her circumstance, her meat. Her connection is what caught my interest because she is aware that even raising animals in a free range, they will still be slaughter for Harvest Day which is why she points out that,''The more we know about our food system, the more we are called into complex choices''. She is aware of the of the ethics of a vegan's diet and respects them by responding," Forgive us" in her essay. I was inspired by her writing not because I am a meat eater, because she raises a different view of conscious eating habits of meat eaters that I did not think of.
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