I'm a vegetarian, and for the same reasons. I suppose the thinking is consistent, it's very strictly consequentialist though. I'm more or less a consequentialist myself, but there is still a bit of something in the act - I guess I'm just surprised that with him holding that view he isn't grossed out by eating meat that came into his possession via the agri-business machine he takes issue with.

Would he be able to persuade you to give up meat for a day regardless of what he did?