Conclusion

Abstract

This final chapter argues that what has been written so far in this book reveals that meat has a soul. In its past as a living animal, there is the reason for its diversity from other items of food. The conclusion re-reads all the previous chapters in the light of the existence of the soul of meat and points out that humans have gradually been able to see it and have thus changed their points of view on this item of food. Novelty and change have gradually moved our traditional perception of meat toward more critical assumptions, and today many people, from different perspectives, advance that eating meat imply doubt, concern, and second thoughts. Finally, the conclusion reminds us that as for any cultural process developing over the years and still in progress, no one may say where this change will lead us.