2018-05-04 #The Omnivore's Dilemma Chapter17

There are a few sentences I couldn't figure out even after read a few times. 

The moral idea is that everyone's interests ought to receive equal consideration, regardless of "what they are like or what abilities they have"

Fair enough; many philosophers have gone this far. But few have taken the next logical step.

"If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans for the same purpose?"

Also ideas that make me laugh like

We have a strong interest in convincing ourselves that our concern for other animals does not require us to stop eating them. 

expressions

coax

If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it. 哄

If you coax something such as information out of someone, you gently persuade them to give it to you. 劝诱

I'm not a vegan, because eggs and milk can be coaxed from animals without hurting or without killing them--- or so at least I thought.