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1. In Defense of Consuming Animal Products : How Human Suffering Can Justify the Consumption of Animal Products in Developed Countries
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionenSammanfattning : Within the area of animal ethics, there has been ongoing discussion around whether people in developed countries are justified in consuming animal based products or not, some argue that we are, and some argue that we aren't. In this paper I present a kind of middle-way position in response to the ongoing discussion, in which I argue that a decent chunk of a population in developed countries are justified in consuming certain animal products, but only so far as the exclusion of these animal based products would cause harm to the boycotter. LÄS MER
2. Farming without animals? The outlook for Biocyclic Vegan Agriculture as an alternative approach to food production in Sweden
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUSSammanfattning : Conventional agriculture and animal husbandry are leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions,environmental degradation, and biodiversity loss. Biocyclic Vegan Agriculture (BVA) is an approach that aims to address the concerns of modern agriculture and provide a sustainable and ethical alternative. LÄS MER
3. The Slow Spread of Environmentally Friendly Action : An agent-based model simulation of social networks
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenSammanfattning : The adoptation of environmentally friendly behaviour is rather slow, although the climate crisis is pressing. This thesis aims to understand the slow adoption of environmentally friendly behaviour, specifically focusing on vegetarianism and veganism, by employing social network analysis. LÄS MER
4. The Representation of Vegans and Veganism in the British Press : A Corpus Linguistics Analysis
Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Sammanfattning : Through the use of corpus linguistics, this paper examines the representation of veganism in four of the British newspapers with higher circulation. The method used is Corpus linguistics analysis, which is a useful tool to isolate sentences in which specific words are mentioned and therefore facilitates further analysis and comparison of these. LÄS MER
5. PROCESSEN ATT FÖRÄNDRA EN LIVSSTIL : En sense-makingstudie med fokus på vegetarianer och veganers erfarenheter av förändrade matvanor
Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionenSammanfattning : The purpose of this paper is to examine how vegetarians and vegans ascribe meaning to the process of changing from a meat-based to a plant-based diet. Using Brenda Dervin's sense-making methodology, I look into the complex and dynamic ways vegetarians and vegans experience their worlds. LÄS MER
