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Your opinion on various eating behaviours

Not considering what your actual eating habits are, how do you think should a good diet look like?

Strictly vegan: You should not eat animal products. Strictly vegetarian: You should not eat meat but other animal products are ok. Restricted meat consumption: You should restrict meat consumption, e.g. by only buying organic products or by eating meat only occasionally. Omnivore: Everybody can eat whatever they like. None of the options.

You have chosen:

What are the reasons for Your choice? Please indicate for the following arguments if you agree, disagree or are indifferent towards/have no information about them.

Does none of the options reflect Your opinion? Or is it that You simply do not have an opinion on that question?
In the following, You can indicate your stance towards individual statements nonetheless.

Culinary Considerations

The following culinary argument supports a vegan diet:

From a global point of view, the vegan cuisine has a long tradition, and is in no way inferior to meat cuisine.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Health Considerations

The following health arguments support a vegan diet:

Excessive meat consumption is unhealthy. To be on the safe side one should consume no meat at all.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animal fats are unhealthy. Therefore one should not eat animal products at all.

Agree Disagree Neutral

A diverse vegan diet is harmless to health (especially when completed with nutritional supplements).

Agree Disagree Neutral

Climate Protection Considerations

The following climate argument supports a vegan diet:

Animal husbandry causes considerable amounts of greenhouse gases directly and indirectly (via land use, power demand, digestive gases). These must be reduced to zero in order to meet ambitious climate goals (for instance the two-degree target).

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animal Protection Considerations

The following animal protection arguments support a vegan diet:

Even in so-called species-appropriate animal farming, which serves only the manufacturing of animal products (such as milk and eggs), animals are confined, limited in their freedom of movement and finally slayed. This is morally wrong.

Agree Disagree Neutral

As a consumer you can never be quite sure under which conditions the animals live, whose products you want to buy. Thus, it is preferable to not buy and eat animal products at all.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animals have a right to life. Killing them in order to eat them is morally wrong.

Agree Disagree Neutral

World Hunger Considerations

The following world hunger argument supports a vegan diet:

A growing world population which will soon exceed 9 billion people can only be nourished in a sustainable way if meat consumption is drastically reduced on a global scale. It is better to give it up entirely.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Culinary Considerations

The following culinary argument supports a vegetarian diet:

From a global point of view, the vegetarian, if not vegan, cuisine has a long tradition, and is in no way inferior to meat cuisine.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Health Considerations

The following health arguments support a vegetarian diet:

Excessive meat consumption is unhealthy. To be on the safe side one should consume no meat at all.

Agree Disagree Neutral

A diverse vegetarian diet is harmless to health (especially when completed with nutritional supplements).

Agree Disagree Neutral

Financial Considerations

The following financial argument supports a vegetarian diet:

There is a great variety of delicious and reasonably priced vegetarian dishes.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Climate Protection Considerations

The following climate argument supports a vegetarian diet:

Animal Protection Considerations

The following animal protection argument supports a vegetarian diet:

Animals have a right to life. Killing them in order to eat them is morally wrong.

Agree Disagree Neutral

World Hunger Considerations

The following world hunger argument supports a vegetarian diet:

Basic Considerations

You should restrict your diet in the following ways:

You should eat meat and animal products only from sustainable, species-appropriate manufacturers.

Agree Disagree Neutral

You should reduce meat consumption as much as possible (e.g. by eating meat only once a week).

Agree Disagree Neutral

You should reduce the consumption of animal products as much as possible (e.g. by drinking soy milk instead of cow milk).

Agree Disagree Neutral

Culinary Considerations

The following culinary arguments support a restricted meat consumption, but not completely abandoning it:

Completely abandoning meat and/or animal products would put an end to a centuries-old, cultural tradition – the art of cooking.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Completely abandoning meat and/or animal products would lead to the loss of many intense pleasure experiences; the appetite for food, which is a basic human experience of happiness, would be lost; one would merely nourish oneself rather than tasting, indulging and feasting.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Completely abandoning meat and/or animal products reduces the variety of dishes in an unacceptable manner.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Many people are simply unable to prepare tasty vegetarian dishes, and – given other professional and private obligations – learning to do so would bring along enormous costs for them.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Health Considerations

The following health arguments support a restricted meat consumption, but not completely abandoning it:

Many people feel physically better (fitter and more energetic) when eating meat regularly.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Meat is part of a balanced diet. Giving up meat consumption may lead to deficiency symptoms and other health impairments.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Many people are simply unable to stick to a healthy vegetarian diet, and – given other professional and private obligations – learning to do so would bring along enormous costs for them.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animal fats are unhealthy. Therefore one should reduce the consumption of animal products as much as possible.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Financial Considerations

The following financial argument supports a restricted meat consumption:

An increase in nutritional costs is not unacceptable, as it is reasonable and realistic for households to change their diet (and eat less meat, for instance).

Agree Disagree Neutral

Natural Considerations

The following natural arguments support a restricted meat consumption:

Modern livestock breeding and mass farming are unnatural: without precedent in human history and against the nature of the animals.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Humans have always hunted, farmed and killed animals to exploit and to eat them. Meat consumption can therefore not be strictly reprehensible.

Agree Disagree Neutral

It is quite natural that animals are hunted and killed – not only humans, but also animals do so. Meat consumption can therefore not be strictly reprehensible.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Climate Protection Considerations

The following climate argument supports a restricted meat consumption:

Animal husbandry causes considerable amounts of greenhouse gases directly and indirectly (via land use, power demand, digestive gases). These must be reduced drastically in order to meet ambitious climate goals (for instance the two-degree target).

Agree Disagree Neutral

Environment Protection Considerations

The following environmental argument supports a restricted meat consumption:

Modern mass farming involves high area and power requirements and goes along with monocultures and overfertilization (manure). Thus, it destroys the landscape as well as valuable natural regions and threatens domestic biodiversity.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animal Protection Considerations

The following animal protection argument supports a restricted meat consumption:

In modern mass farming, animals endure a painful existence and are brutally and painfully slaughtered. Consumers are jointly responsible for this suffering.

Agree Disagree Neutral

World Hunger Considerations

The following world hunger argument supports a restricted meat consumption:

A growing world population which will soon exceed 9 billion people can only be nourished in a sustainable way if meat consumption is drastically reduced on a global scale. To do this you should contribute yourself and eat less meat.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Culinary Considerations

The following culinary arguments support an omnivorous diet:

Completely abandoning meat and/or animal products would put an end to a centuries-old, cultural tradition – the art of cooking.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Completely abandoning meat and/or animal products reduces the variety of dishes in an unacceptable manner.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Health Considerations

The following health arguments support an omnivorous diet:

Many people feel physically better (fitter and more energetic) when eating meat regularly.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Meat is part of a balanced diet. Giving up meat consumption may lead to deficiency symptoms and other health impairments.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Financial Considerations

The following financial arguments support an omnivorous diet:

Many people cannot afford organic products, especially animal products from sustainable agriculture. Organic foods are only for rich people.

Agree Disagree Neutral

The ingredients for appetizing vegetarian dishes (for example almond butter, sesame oil, cashew nuts) are expensive, many people can not afford them. If you do not want to live exclusively on potato and carrot soup, veggie food can easily become unaffordable for many.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Natural Considerations

The following natural arguments support an omnivorous diet:

Humans have always hunted, farmed and killed animals to exploit and to eat them.

Agree Disagree Neutral

It is quite natural that animals are hunted and killed – not only humans, but also animals do so. Meat consumption can therefore not be strictly reprehensible.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animal Protection Considerations

The following animal protection arguments support an omnivorous diet:

Animals do not consciously experience pain in any way comparable to humans.

Agree Disagree Neutral

In modern mass farming animals are much better off than many scare stories are supposed to make you believe.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animal breeders and keepers, but not the consumers, are responsible for the conditions in the barn.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Autonomy Considerations

The following autonomy arguments support an omnivorous diet:

Everyone can decide for themselves what they eat.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Proponents of vegetarian or vegan diets make morally overstated claims.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Banning certain foods is merely some do-gooders attempt to patronize other people.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Miscellaneous Objections

The following miscellaneous argument supports an omnivorous diet:

Since the individual does not alter existing production methods by giving up certain products no changes of consumer behavior are required.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Culinary Considerations

An acceptable diet must meet culinary standards, that is, be acceptable as regards taste.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Completely abandoning meat and/or animal products would put an end to a centuries-old, cultural tradition – the art of cooking.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Completely abandoning meat and/or animal products reduces the variety of dishes in an unacceptable manner.

Agree Disagree Neutral

From a global point of view, the vegetarian, if not vegan, cuisine has a long tradition, and is in no way inferior to meat cuisine.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Health Considerations

Consumption of aliments that are (if consumed excessively) harmful to health should be reduced as much as possible.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Consumption of aliments that are (if consumed excessively) harmful to health should be reduced to zero.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Excessive meat consumption is unhealthy. To be on the safe side one should consume no meat at all.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animal fats are unhealthy. Therefore one should reduce the consumption of animal products as much as possible.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animal fats are unhealthy. Therefore one should not eat animal products at all.

Agree Disagree Neutral

A diverse vegetarian (vegan) diet is harmless to health (especially when completed with nutritional supplements).

Agree Disagree Neutral

Meat is part of a balanced diet. Giving up meat consumption may lead to deficiency symptoms and other health impairments.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Many people feel physically better (fitter and more energetic) when eating meat regularly.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Financial Considerations

Many people cannot afford organic products, especially animal products from sustainable agriculture. Organic foods are only for rich people.

Agree Disagree Neutral

An increase in nutritional costs is not unacceptable, as it is reasonable and realistic for households to change their diet (and eat less meat, for instance).

Agree Disagree Neutral

There is a great variety of delicious and reasonably priced vegetarian dishes.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Natural Considerations

Humans have always hunted, farmed and killed animals to exploit and to eat them.

Agree Disagree Neutral

It is quite natural that animals are hunted and killed – not only humans, but also animals do so.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Everything that is natural is good and legitimate, the unnatural is bad and illegitimate.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Modern livestock breeding and mass farming are unnatural: without precedent in human history and against the nature of the animals.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Climate Protection Considerations

Ambitious climate targets (for example the two-degree target) have to be satisfied.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animal husbandry causes considerable amounts of greenhouse gases directly and indirectly (via land use, power demand, digestive gases). These must be reduced drastically in order to meet ambitious climate goals (for instance the two-degree target).

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animal husbandry causes considerable amounts of greenhouse gases directly and indirectly (via land use, power demand, digestive gases). These must be reduced to zero in order to meet ambitious climate goals (for instance the two-degree target).

Agree Disagree Neutral

Environment Protection Considerations

Animal Protection Considerations

Animals have a right to life. Killing them in order to eat them is morally wrong.

Agree Disagree Neutral

In modern mass farming, animals endure a painful existence and are brutally and painfully slaughtered. Consumers are jointly responsible for this suffering.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animals do not consciously experience pain in any way comparable to humans.

Agree Disagree Neutral

In modern mass farming animals are much better off than many scare stories are supposed to make you believe.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Animal breeders and keepers, but not the consumers, are responsible for the conditions in the barn.

Agree Disagree Neutral

World Hunger Considerations

Autonomy Considerations

Everyone can decide for themselves what they eat.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Proponents of vegetarian or vegan diets make morally overstated claims.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Banning certain foods is merely some do-gooders attempt to patronize other people.

Agree Disagree Neutral

If everyone is allowed to eat what they want, then the complete abandonment of meat dishes is unacceptable.

Agree Disagree Neutral

Miscellaneous Objections

Since the individual does not alter existing production methods by giving up certain products no changes of consumer behavior are required.

Agree Disagree Neutral