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The Repugnant Conclusion of Effective Animal Altruism | Science of Activism

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The Vegan Report
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Apr 29, 2026
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Summary

For today's episode, we are talking about the limits of Effective Animal Altruism with Vera Flocke. She exposes those limits in a recent paper published in the Journal of Animal Ethics titled: The Repugnant Conclusion of Effective Animal Altruism. Vera Flocke has a PhD in philosophy from New York University and served for a few years as assistant professor at Indiana University. She is now the founder of Food System Stewards, which helps provide fundraising support to animal rights nonprofits. Read Vera's paper here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/984711 Learn more about Food System Stewards: https://www.foodsystemstewards.org/ If you have any comment or question regarding the show, send a message to [email protected] Follow The Vegan Report on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veganreportpodcast/ Follow The Vegan Report on X: https://x.com/veganreportshow Music by Alisia from Pixabay