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In my opinion it's quite simple. I eat what I would be willing to personally kill and butcher myself. I think trying to justify why 'A' and not 'B' to ourselves
by indubitable 9y ago
In my opinion it's quite simple. I eat what I would be willing to personally kill and butcher myself. I think trying to justify why 'A' and not 'B' to ourselves is somewhat unproductive. Two people watch a movie, one person likes it - the other dislikes it. Both can give their reasons for such, but neither is right or wrong.
Attempting to quantify subjective matters is arguably one of the big reasons so many of the social sciences are facing replication crises. There are so many factors in play that the quantifications, or justifications, we provide to explain social phenomena like this are not very meaningful even if we think they are! The most important thing is to be aware of the facts, so much as possible, but beyond that simply to take your opinion as what it is - a subjective view based on a complex series of mental interactions that even you are not fully privy to.
- hnaccy 9y agoIs justifying the wrongness of slavery unproductive? Was it just a subjective discussion with no right or wrong answer?
- indubitable 9y agoThis is interesting as slavery is something that ostensibly has no room for shades of gray. So let's try it. Can you justify to me why you believe slavery is wrong? And to be clear, I am not suggesting that it is not - but rather I think you'll find that creating completely coherent arguments for why it is - without exception, is not as easy as you would think.
- dorfsmay 9y agoSo if your neighbour is willing to kill and butcher a human being, you're OK with that? What about another ape or an elephant?
- indubitable 9y agoI'm not really sure by what you mean "OK with that." I'm perfectly fine with people having views I find detestable. Going further there, I suspect if we were all 100% honest then any two people could find at least some reason to find the other detestable.
- rmrm 9y agoWe all, all living beings, are eaten. Such is life. If might be sacrophitic fungi, earthworms, and bacteria, it might be a wolf, it might be a housecat, it might be a vulture. It will likely be a combination of them. But our big brains doesnt escape us from nature, we are every bit a part of the grand life experience that all life shares in. Our desire for a softer gentler life while noble, doesnt check us out in any way shape or form. It just seems nicer. The one invariant on this earth, is you will be consumed. If that concept is obscene, then so is all of life.