What does...

...the Buddha, Gandhi, Pythagoras, Plato, Socrates, Einstein, Franklin, Lord Byron, Shelley, Thoreau, Dostoevsky, Edison, C. S. Lewis, Tolstoy, Mill, Hugo and the Dalai Lama have in common? The recognition of the moral significance of non-human animals, as reflected in their writings and dietary choices. Many are veg*n, or inspire such refinement. Hardly à la mode.