> from the viewpoint of nature itself (supposing there is such a thing), it's probably OK to eat meat as animals do it. This is an appeal to nature logical fal

> from the viewpoint of nature itself (supposing there is such a thing), it's probably OK to eat meat as animals do it. This is an appeal to nature logical fallacy. Animals in the wild also commit infanticide and practice cannibalism. As natural as these behaviors are, they're not an instruction manual for how we should behave. > I don't think we can really sustain ourselves without killing animals one way or another. This is technically true, but we can drastically reduce the number of other sentient animals which suffer and die for no good reason, by switching to a plant-based diet. > Agriculture starves animals by destroying natural habitats after all. Animal agriculture is especially egregious when it comes to destroying natural habitats. The leading causes of rainforest destruction are livestock and feedcrops (source: FAO Livestock's Long Shadow), for example.