Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: vegetarianism

  • Vegetarians, vegans, and compassionate eating

    Our ancestors, who lived swinging from limb to limb in the trees, ate nuts and berries and killed animals to eat them. With the development of agriculture and civilization, some people developed pangs of conscience and felt that animals also have an unalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. They became vegetarians…