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Glice: Good points.
Scruton's argument isn't really about saying prayers as much as it's about a general attitude. I think that many Christians fall into his category of people that need to "re-moralize their eating habits." How many Christians actually say grace while eating a burger in the car on the way to work? He's not really aiming his argument only at athiests. He thinks that most Christians just aren't being good enough Christians if being a Christian means following his subscribed attitude towards animals.
And, yes I think he's aiming his arguments at the western world. I mean, he derives a lot of his ideas from the ancients: his idea of ethics and so on. I suppose this is a flaw in his reasoning.
I was just interested in what vegetarians thought of his explanations. Of course, if I don't explain them very well, then I can't expect good responses....
BTW, I disagree with both Scruton and Singer on lots of issues. Both are good examples of people who have pushed certain ideas well past the point at which they become useless.
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