Eating meat will be illegal in 50 years

Daily Debate #552: "Eating meat will be illegal in 50 years". You are arguing FOR the motion. Your opponent: Peter Singer.

Eating meat in 50 years will be completely legal

You're already conceding the real argument. If meat stays legal, it's because we *choose* to keep it legal, not because ethics demand otherwise. Why assume prohibition is even necessary when markets and preferences shift on their own? (40)

Ethical speaking most people would choose themselves over animals why should people be expected to choose animals over their own health and bodies

That's a false choice. People don't need meat for health—plant-based diets work fine. The real question is why your convenience trumps an animal's life when you have alternatives. What justifies that hierarchy?

Plant based diets do not work they take a larger consumption of planets to get the same benefits as meat and if meat is no longer able to be eaten where will all the live stock go and how would humans a part of the ecosystem not eating meat effect animal population

You're tangling three separate problems into one false defense. First, the land argument cuts the opposite direction—livestock farming uses vastly more crops and water than eating plants directly. Second, transitioning farming away from animals takes decades, not overnight. But here's what matters: you're asking "what about the animals?" only *after* defending killing them. If you actually cared about ecosystem balance, you'd stop the slaughter first, figure logistics second. Why does their survival only matter when it defends your steak?