Philosophical Vegan Forum

If you can think of any one who belongs on this list comment it and I will at them.

athiest vegans:
The vegan atheist ==> http://www.youtube.com/user/VeganTruth
blystone the vegan atheist ==> http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmfkDt3YL74Oh5oRM72xuUg

atheist:
Prototype atheist ==> http://www.youtube.com/user/prototypeatheist
The amazing atheist ==> http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAmazingAtheist
Atheist experience ==> http://www.youtube.com/user/AtheistExperience
Knownnomore==> https://www.youtube.com/user/KnownNoMore/
AnticitizenX==> https://www.youtube.com/user/AntiCitizenX
Valerie Tarico==> https://www.youtube.com/user/TrustingDoubt (although she isn't active on her channel anymore)
Martymer==> https://www.youtube.com/user/Martymer81

Some of my personal favorites are.

Knownnomore: https://www.youtube.com/user/KnownNoMore/
AnticitizenX: https://www.youtube.com/user/AntiCitizenX
Valerie Tarico: https://www.youtube.com/user/TrustingDoubt (although she isn't active on her channel anymore)
Martymer: https://www.youtube.com/user/Martymer81

In no particular order...

• Steve Shives
• Jaclyn Glenn
• potholer54
• AronRa
• CocotopusPrime
• CultofDusty

There are sure some stylistic differences in each of these Youtubers so hopefully you'll find at least one that appeals to you.

Jaclyn-Glenn is also vegetarian

Hemant Mehta https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAtheistVoice/

klonoa wrote:Jaclyn-Glenn is also vegetarian

I think she used to be vegan, but I'm skeptical.

I would guess that she eats meat now.

brimstoneSalad wrote:I would guess that she eats meat now.

See http://theveganatheist.com/forum/viewto ... t=20#p1567

On top of that, her last video also kind of emphasized on being vegetarian.

Volenta wrote:She recently stated she was.

That's good if she still is. She may not have given it up yet. Didn't she used to be vegan?

Volenta wrote:It also seems that she still cares about it.

That's not really evidence for caring about vegetarianism/veganism or farmed animals... most people randomly care about dogs and cats.
It is evidence that she doesn't understand utilitarianism, and that she cares more about sentiment than suffering.

Volenta wrote: On top of that, her last video also kind of emphasized on being vegetarian.

I think she was just parodying the feminist schism in the atheist community right now.

What I heard that she thinks being vegetarian doesn't make her a better person than somebody who eats meat.

While being vegetarian alone may not do this (you could be a vegetarian and a serial rapist and not be a better person), all other things being the same, it most certainly must make somebody a better person to become vegetarian- otherwise you aren't really vegetarian for moral/philosophical reasons at all, you're vegetarian for sentimental reasons, which are much more subject to change as people grow older and more jaded by the world around them.

It is a safe assumption that the warm bleeding heart feelings a young person feels will be severely dulled after harsh life experiences. A sound logical footing doesn't dull quite as easily.

The video about the dog above reinforces this sentimental tendency.
I also haven't seen her take her friend TJ to task on his nonsense, which I suspect means that she fundamentally agrees with him on most of his points, and sees it just as a matter of personal preference.

She doesn't seem to have spoken at much length on the subject, though, so those are some assumptions that may be wrong.

I will be pleasantly surprised if she's still vegetarian in two years. She may be more philosophically aware than she lets on.

brimstoneSalad wrote:That's good if she still is. She may not have given it up yet. Didn't she used to be vegan?

Not that I know of, I guess not.

brimstoneSalad wrote:That's not really evidence for caring about vegetarianism/veganism or farmed animals... most people randomly care about dogs and cats.

Have you seen the video? See did mention animal rights and vegetarianism for a short moment. But it is indeed not much to draw definitive conclusions.

brimstoneSalad wrote:I think she was just parodying the feminist schism in the atheist community right now.

You're right that the video doesn't say much, but it is at least noteworthy that see brings up the topic 'regularly' (which was the point I tried to make).

brimstoneSalad wrote:What I heard that she thinks being vegetarian doesn't make her a better person than somebody who eats meat.

While being vegetarian alone may not do this (you could be a vegetarian and a serial rapist and not be a better person), all other things being the same, it most certainly must make somebody a better person to become vegetarian- otherwise you aren't really vegetarian for moral/philosophical reasons at all, you're vegetarian for sentimental reasons, which are much more subject to change as people grow older and more jaded by the world around them.

I think it depends on how you define 'a better person'. You can be an unfriendly person that acts nasty towards others, but by being a vegetarian your moral decisions about eating may have a huge moral impact. If she doesn't think her actions are morally 'superior', she's just being political correct and doesn't understand morality and like you said utilitarianism.

brimstoneSalad wrote:I also haven't seen her take her friend TJ to task on his nonsense, which I suspect means that she fundamentally agrees with him on most of his points

My guess is that she isn't passionate about it anymore, while she is very passionate on the subject of atheism now. That may be a reason for her to just let TJ do his talk untouched.

brimstoneSalad wrote:and sees it just as a matter of personal preference.

It seems that way, yes. And that's something even brilliant minds sometimes think (also heard it from A.C. Grayling). It's great to have Sam Harris arguing against moral subjectivism within the skeptical/atheistic community.