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by Lierre Keith
Lierre Keith compellingly and carefully argues for sustainability and health in a way that respects the underlying desires and principles of most vegans while adding a healthy dose of reality. Reality is manifested in two very uncomfortable facts: modern agriculture is the true destroyer of our world, and humans are omnivores yet mostly carnivorous.
Keith's logical yet caring deconstruction of the vegan position is organized by separate moral, political and nutritional arguments. The author is not out to disprove but to convince, and her empathy for the mental state and emotional needs of her desired audience comes through in every word.
The Vegetarian Myth is an eloquent and utterly persuasive argument against vegetarianism. While vegans' and vegetarians' compassion for justice is honorable and noble, their solution will will not save the world, but in fact hasten its destruction.
309 pages, softcover
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