The Freegan Challenge to Veganism

There is a surprising consensus among vegan philosophers that freeganism —eating animal-based foods going to waste—is permissible. Some ethicists even argue that vegans should be freegans. In this paper, we offer a novel challenge to freeganism drawing upon Donaldson and Kymlicka’s ‘zoopolitical’ ap...

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Published in:	Journal of agricultural & environmental ethics Vol. 34; no. 3
Main Authors:	Milburn, Josh, Fischer, Bob
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01-06-2021 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Agricultural Economics Animal human relations Animal welfare Animal-based foods Animals Diet Domestic animals Eating Education Environmental ethics Ethics Evolutionary Biology Philosophy Plant Sciences Theory of Medicine/Bioethics Vegan Veganism Vegetarianism Zoopolis Animal ethics Freeganism Food ethics Veganism Vegetarianism
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Summary:	There is a surprising consensus among vegan philosophers that freeganism —eating animal-based foods going to waste—is permissible. Some ethicists even argue that vegans should be freegans. In this paper, we offer a novel challenge to freeganism drawing upon Donaldson and Kymlicka’s ‘zoopolitical’ approach, which supports ‘restricted freeganism’. On this position, it’s prima facie wrong to eat the corpses of domesticated animals, as they are members of a mixed human-animal community, ruling out many freegan practices. This exploration reveals how the ‘political turn’ in animal ethics can offer fertile lenses through which to consider ethical puzzles about eating animals.
ISSN:	1187-7863 1573-322X
DOI:	10.1007/s10806-021-09859-y