Journal 4 food issues 2 decrease in food prices which

JOURNAL #4: FOOD ISSUES 2
decrease in food prices which will allow individuals who don’t make a lot of money to purchase
good amounts of food.
Chapter ten of Agricultures Ethical Horizon discuses animal agriculture. It discusses
arguments against, and for animal agriculture. I can honestly say that I am not vegetarian.
However, I can say that I have tried to become one. The process of trying to become vegetarian
was very difficult for me. The reason for this was because throughout the time I felt very weak. I
always felt hungry, so I probably wasn’t eating a proper diet. Due to feeling weak I discontinued
being a vegetarian, and started to eat meats again. However, even though I consume meats I still
feel animal agriculture is wrong. I always feel guilty whenever I eat meat. One of the arguments
against animal agriculture in the chapter stated, “Raising animals just to kill them violates their
rights as sentient creatures”. This is a statement that really gained my attention, because I feel it
is so true. How could you watch an animal grow, and then send it to a slaughterhouse to become
someone’s meal? Singer’s Utilitarianism is a theory that would defend this statement. His theory