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Jonathan Safran Foer

The kind of funny irony is that a lot of people talk about ethical meat eating as if it's a way to care about things, but also not to alienate yourself from the rest of the world. But it's so much more alienating than vegetarianism.

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Jonathan Safran Foer is saying that people often think eating meat ethically lets them show concern for animals without feeling isolated from others. However, he argues that trying to eat meat in an ethical way actually makes you feel more separated from society than simply choosing to be vegetarian.

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