How Far Should We Carry the Logic of the Animal-Rights Movement?

There is a name for the cruel, and correspondingly clandestine, process by which many animals become meat: 'factory farming,' a term that is usually wielded as an insult.

"In general, we are ignorant of the abuse of living creatures that lies behind the food we eat," Singer wrote, and he wanted to destroy both this ignorance and the industry behind the abuse.

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