The Ethics of Diet A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh Eating

"The Ethics of Diet" by Howard Williams is a thought-provoking exploration into the morality of what we eat. It questions if it is ethical to eat animals. Williams builds a case against eating meat by looking at historical opinions and different beliefs. The book starts in a serious way by talking about how people have treated animals over time and how our ideas about right and wrong have changed. Williams suggests that someday people will look back at how we eat animals now with the same disgust as things like human sacrifice. Williams points out that more and more people in his time are starting to think about and change their diets for ethical reasons. He brings up thinkers and philosophers from different times and places who spoke out against eating meat, showing that the idea of a kind and thoughtful diet has been around for a long time.