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Why I Am a Vegetarian
Why I Am a Vegetarian is an 1895 pamphlet by American zoologist and philosopher J. Howard Moore. Based on a lecture delivered to the Chicago Vegetarian Society, it sets out ethical, scientific, and humanitarian arguments for vegetarianism. Moore presents vegetarianism as an application of the Golden Rule, connects it with evolutionary theory, and criticizes anthropocentrism.
The pamphlet was published by the Purdy Publishing Company and reissued in several editions and formats in the late 1890s. Extracts also appeared in contemporary periodicals. It received favorable notices in vegetarian and health-reform publications, a mixed review in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and a published rebuttal by Laurence Gronlund, to which Moore replied.
J. Howard Moore (1862–1916) was an American zoologist and philosopher, and a prominent member of the Chicago Vegetarian Society.
Around 1886, Moore became a vegetarian for ethical reasons. He advocated for the ethical treatment of animals and wrote books, essays, and pamphlets on vegetarianism, animal ethics, evolutionary history, and humanitarianism.
Carrica Le Favre, a health lecturer, dress reformer, child-rearing writer, and physical culture advocate, founded the Chicago Vegetarian Society around 1890. Moore joined soon afterwards while attending Chicago University. He earned a baccalaureate degree in zoology from the university. While there, he helped found the Vegetarian Eating Club, of which he became a leading figure.
Moore later wrote several books, including Better-World Philosophy (1899), The Universal Kinship (1906), The New Ethics (1907), and Savage Survivals (1916).
Moore wrote "Why I Am a Vegetarian" in early 1895. The paper discussed the benefits of a vegetable diet and Moore's views on the animal rights movement. He delivered it before the Chicago Vegetarian Society at the newly constructed Great Northern Hotel, on the northeast corner of Dearborn Street and Jackson Boulevard in Chicago, on 3 March 1895. Moore was persuaded to publish the paper, and it was printed later that year. The preface is dated 3 May 1895.
Moore delivered another address on the subject around June 1896 at the Philosophic Club in Englewood, Chicago. The monthly newsletter Food, Home and Garden reported that the lecture was well received and followed by discussion. Viola H. Ludden wrote that "the paper was broad and most excellent; full of scientific suggestion and humane thought."
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Why I Am a Vegetarian
Why I Am a Vegetarian is an 1895 pamphlet by American zoologist and philosopher J. Howard Moore. Based on a lecture delivered to the Chicago Vegetarian Society, it sets out ethical, scientific, and humanitarian arguments for vegetarianism. Moore presents vegetarianism as an application of the Golden Rule, connects it with evolutionary theory, and criticizes anthropocentrism.
The pamphlet was published by the Purdy Publishing Company and reissued in several editions and formats in the late 1890s. Extracts also appeared in contemporary periodicals. It received favorable notices in vegetarian and health-reform publications, a mixed review in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and a published rebuttal by Laurence Gronlund, to which Moore replied.
J. Howard Moore (1862–1916) was an American zoologist and philosopher, and a prominent member of the Chicago Vegetarian Society.
Around 1886, Moore became a vegetarian for ethical reasons. He advocated for the ethical treatment of animals and wrote books, essays, and pamphlets on vegetarianism, animal ethics, evolutionary history, and humanitarianism.
Carrica Le Favre, a health lecturer, dress reformer, child-rearing writer, and physical culture advocate, founded the Chicago Vegetarian Society around 1890. Moore joined soon afterwards while attending Chicago University. He earned a baccalaureate degree in zoology from the university. While there, he helped found the Vegetarian Eating Club, of which he became a leading figure.
Moore later wrote several books, including Better-World Philosophy (1899), The Universal Kinship (1906), The New Ethics (1907), and Savage Survivals (1916).
Moore wrote "Why I Am a Vegetarian" in early 1895. The paper discussed the benefits of a vegetable diet and Moore's views on the animal rights movement. He delivered it before the Chicago Vegetarian Society at the newly constructed Great Northern Hotel, on the northeast corner of Dearborn Street and Jackson Boulevard in Chicago, on 3 March 1895. Moore was persuaded to publish the paper, and it was printed later that year. The preface is dated 3 May 1895.
Moore delivered another address on the subject around June 1896 at the Philosophic Club in Englewood, Chicago. The monthly newsletter Food, Home and Garden reported that the lecture was well received and followed by discussion. Viola H. Ludden wrote that "the paper was broad and most excellent; full of scientific suggestion and humane thought."
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