# The Repugnant Conclusion of Effective Animal Altruism | Science of Activism

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Podcast: [The Vegan Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vegan-report-6458227)
Published: 2026-04-29T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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 theveganreportpodcast@gmail.com 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

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