PU#246 - SO I EAT FISH NOW - On Unbecoming a Vegetarian

June 01, 2026 by DaN McKee in Animal Rights, Ethics, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Vegetarianism

“Tentatively, I scooped the sardines from the tin and crushed them onto the toast… “

122. DUPLICATING SUFFERING - Economics and Ethics When Experimenting With Animals

June 20, 2022 by DaN McKee in Animal Rights, Economics, Death, Ethics, Obligation, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Vegetarianism

“a possible case could be made for accepting certain, limited, forms of animal experimentation but not within the current economic system because it is structurally set up to maximise, rather than minimise, the possible duplication of unnecessary suffering due to prioritising intellectual property rights over the rights of non-human (and human) animals.“

40. CAN WE USE THE CORONAVIRUS TO SAVE THE PLANET? - A Student Ponders The Positives of This Pandemic

April 20, 2020 by DaN McKee in Animal Rights, COVID19, Culture, Environment, Ethics, Philosophy Unleashed, Philosophy, Student Writing, Vegetarianism

“Currently we know little about the virus, but we have not denied the science. We accept that it is a major issue that needs to be tackled. In comparison we know a lot about the effect of climate change. However, we do not treat climate change with the same sense of urgency than the virus. “

33. NO TO CHILDREN, YES TO THE PLANET - Should We Subscribe To Ecological Anti-Natalist Views?

February 24, 2020 by DaN McKee in Animal Rights, Death, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Obligation, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Politics, Religion, Student Writing, Vegetarianism

“Ecological anti-natalism is the position that procreation leads to more destruction of our planet and therefore more suffering so it is morally bad, therefore we should abstain from it. I shall argue why we should take this view into account.”

30. REBEL VEGETARIAN - Why It May Be Morally Right For Ethical Vegetarians and Vegans to Eat Burger King and KFC's Plant-Based Products Despite Their Non-Veggie Cooking Methods

January 27, 2020 by DaN McKee in Animal Rights, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Obligation, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Vegetarianism

“the recent story of Burger King’s “Rebel Whopper” has brought to the forefront of my mind the strange diversity of motivation which make people choose to cut out meat and/or dairy from their diets, and the resulting consequences, and potential for error, within ethical thinking.”

17. WHY I CLIMATE STRIKE - A Student Striker Gives Us Their Thoughts From The Frontlines.

October 07, 2019 by DaN McKee in Animal Rights, Ethics, Obligation, Philosophy Unleashed, School, Student Writing, Environment

'“Since when did kids have the right to get annoyed at adults, break rules and even participate in Non Violent Direct Action? It happened when you, the generations above me, chose not to act seriously on the climate crisis. The science has been around for 30 years, that’s 30 years of allowing emissions to rise uncontrollably. If people had acted back then, we wouldn’t need to strike now. But they didn’t. You didn’t.”

8. STADIUM HOT DOGS - On Vegetarianism, Food, and Culture

June 24, 2019 by DaN McKee in Ethics, Philosophy Unleashed, Animal Rights, Vegetarianism

“When I travel, it always strikes me how immediately alienating and othering it is to have to tell people no to their local specialities. As a vegetarian, and as someone who on top of this also doesn’t drink alcohol for other reasons, I find myself constantly imposing a sort of cultural imperialism on the places I visit, insisting on meat free alternatives and never fully being able to immerse myself in the culture I am there to see, and I often wish I hadn’t made the decision that the suffering of non-human animals matters.”