*Please Note* This is as yet unmoderated, and un-proof-read document. Feel free to point out omissions. Thank you. It continues from Vegetarianism, Part 1: History . The main motivations (or justifications) for switching to a vegetarian diet can be classified as follows: Practical Environmental Health Ethical Religious grounds Non-religious grounds I shall now discuss each of these categories separately, attempting to draw on…

Well well well. Here we are again, about to embark on another mostly aimless tangent. I feel I should begin with historical background, in light of my recent Romanticism/Age of Enlightenment divergence. Browsing the internet quickly takes one back a long way. Ancient to Medieval History In the West, we look back to the Greeks: You ask me for what reason Pythagoras abstained from eating the flesh of brutes? for my part I am astonished to think what appetite…

Some people are quite obsessed by 'free will' (some people don't give a flying proverbial. If in this category, go to 'Back'.) Mostly, they're either religious or avidly interested in the science/philosophy boundary. This means there are not only small variations of opinion, but massive rifts in viewpoint amongst those who find this an interesting question. I just thought I'd throw in my personal perspective and history. (A 'Free Will and Me' thing, you might say.) For those of…

Just a note to say: there's an Ingmar Bergman season on Film4 at the moment. If you've never seen anything of his, at least in full, you've probably still come across something from The Seventh Seal : the knight playing chess with death. Brilliant. Swedish with English subtitles, but brilliant.