Examining some ideological aspects of vegetarianism
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24144/1998-6475.2022.52.32-36Keywords:
vegetarianism, belief, reasons, diet.Abstract
Many people think that vegetarianism is a recent fad, which is a feature of welfare societies, but the appearance of the diet has serious historical, cultural, and philosophical implications. Many ancient Greek philosophers, later religious orders, artists, and scientists chose a vegetarian lifestyle. In our literary analysis, we seek an answer to the main reasons for early vegetarianism. We discovered that the early motivations for vegetarianism were: nonviolence, diets with lower meat content as a method of societal harmony, and belief in equality between man and the animal world. In our research, we examined that in today's society, there is a correlation between someone being a vegetarian and not separating animals and humans hierarchically. Our research shows that regardless of the fact that the reasons for dietary choices of contemporary vegetarians may vary, such as vegetarianism for environmental, health or animal welfare reasons, the more extreme the meat-free diet an individual follows, the more likely it is that they do not give humans a prominent role in the living world.
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