The New York Times has asked its readership—and anyone else, for that matter—to submit essays on a simple topic: Why it is ethical to eat meat? This isn’t meant to be a sounding board for the local food movement, organic advocates or meat lovers. No, the issue is a more fundamental one: whether or not it’s right to eat animals at all, when human survival is no longer on the line.
It’s a national call to arms for both sides of the topic. The Times has assembled a distinguished panel of thinkers and influencers on the subject of consuming meat—a “murderer’s row,” as they put it, which I thought was in questionable taste but also made me laugh—to judge the responses. I’m anxious to see the results; your essay (not to exceed 600 words) is due April 8. In the meantime, what do your ethics say: Go meat, or no meat?
