Plea for Vegetarianism

This book shakes the core of your beliefs on health and diet, but only if you're open-minded enough to comprehend it.Henry Stephens Salt, considered to be the "e;father of animal rights"e; and one of the first to write in favour of Vegetarianism, structures a sound argument against flesh-eating in this short and insightful read.He tackles the subject from economic, moral, and medical perspectives, claiming that we're driven to eat meat by forces of tradition and a lucrative industry. Now that the world is witnessing more vegetarians than ever before, it's quite telling to read what Salt had to say about it over a century ago, when Vegetarianism was considered by many to be nothing more than sheer madness. "e;It can do no harm to my readers if they hear what can be said in favour of Vegetarianism; then, if they are not persuaded to adopt a fleshless diet, they will have a clear conscience, and be able to enjoy their beef and mutton all the more afterwards."e;"e;It is a mournful fact that when people have no wish to understand a thing, they can generally contrive to misunderstand it."e;"e;I believe that future and wiser generations will look back with amazement on the habit of flesh-eating as a strange relic of ignorance and barbarism."e;