Carnivores have to eat animals to survive while we don’t, for starters. And they don’t have access to replacements or alternatives, like we do, which justifies omnivores as well. Additionally, animals in the wild are in a survival situation, they can’t really be picky about it. It’s literally kill or be killed (or starve). Most of us have the luxury of choice, and when you have a choice it’s then that the evil or good conundrum arises.
Overpopulation isn’t the issue either, since we’d save land compared to now if we all ate plants.
Point is we don’t have to, and if you acknowledge this along with the fact that our consumption contributes to animal suffering, what does that make us?
I don’t much care for unhelpful labels like “evil,” but it sure isn’t good. It’s not even consistent.
but it doesn’t matter except to you, your friends, and the particular animals you didn’t eat.
Why does the animals’ interest to not be killed not outweigh you and your friends’ desire to end their life and eat their body, instead of plants that give you equal nourishment?
Why is the value of their very life less than the value of your whim?
Wow how it that some people are able to go against the will of their genes (and instincts!!) and forgot forego participating in the Natural Cruelty that is eating other animals! Amazing! Surely we would want to export this incredible gift to as many people as possible, right?
Carnivores have to eat animals to survive while we don’t, for starters. And they don’t have access to replacements or alternatives, like we do, which justifies omnivores as well. Additionally, animals in the wild are in a survival situation, they can’t really be picky about it. It’s literally kill or be killed (or starve). Most of us have the luxury of choice, and when you have a choice it’s then that the evil or good conundrum arises.
Overpopulation isn’t the issue either, since we’d save land compared to now if we all ate plants.
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Point is we don’t have to, and if you acknowledge this along with the fact that our consumption contributes to animal suffering, what does that make us?
I don’t much care for unhelpful labels like “evil,” but it sure isn’t good. It’s not even consistent.
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Why does the animals’ interest to not be killed not outweigh you and your friends’ desire to end their life and eat their body, instead of plants that give you equal nourishment?
Why is the value of their very life less than the value of your whim?
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This is why I’m glad A.I. will be the ones to venture to the stars.
Wow how it that some people are able to go against the will of their genes (and instincts!!) and forgot forego participating in the Natural Cruelty that is eating other animals! Amazing! Surely we would want to export this incredible gift to as many people as possible, right?