157. The Case for Ethical Veganism? | Alex O'Connor

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Mikhaila Peterson

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🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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0:00.0	If you do way, let's say, the taste of milk, that's what you have on one side, and then the
0:08.2	difference between, like, oat and oat milk and normal milk to the suffering of a cow, those
0:14.4	are on your two sides. What if the problem with reducing your animal intake is actually chronic
0:20.0	health problems? And then what you have on one side is an increase in chronic health problems.
0:24.7	And then that's suffering compared to the life of an animal. And chronic health problems,
0:30.0	like, that's a different story, right? Welcome to Episode 157 of my podcast. I'm Michaela Peterson.
0:40.0	In this episode, I spoke with Alex O'Connor. Alex is the founder of the Cosmic Skeptic YouTube
0:45.6	channel and an ethical vegan. He uses his channel to facilitate philosophical and ethical debates
0:51.7	that range in topics, but often focus on animal rights advocacy and religion. Alex is a recent
0:57.9	graduate of Oxford, where he studied philosophy and theology. Last time I saw Alex, the first time we
1:03.2	met in person, was at the Beyond Meat debate at Oxford, where I spoke about why we shouldn't
1:09.5	ban meat altogether. Alex was at the debate, and I like him quite a bit, so I'm glad we could finally
1:15.0	speak. It was a fun episode. I don't agree with veganism. I think the way forward is through
1:20.6	regenerative agriculture, but I think we covered some very interesting topics. And I think I'll have
1:26.0	Alex back on to discuss religion as well. Let me know what you guys think. This episode of the
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