Why Are There So Few Vegetarians?
Entire Article from Psychology Today
excerpt 1
Now that Bill Clinton has become a vegan,
he is a member of two very small minority groups —
living ex-presidents and people
who do not consume any animal products.
True, there are more vegans than ex-presidents.
But the number of vegans is also quite small —
less than 0.8% of the U.S population....
excerpt 2
Vegans as Moral Heroes
In his book, The Happiness Hypothesis,
the psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses
his reaction to reading
Peter Singer's argument against animals.
He writes, "Since that day, I have been morally opposed
to all forms of factory farming.
Morally opposed but not behaviorally opposed.
I love the taste of meat, and
the only thing that changed the after reading Singer
is that I thought about my hypocrisy
each time I ordered a hamburger."