I think the difference is when your action impacts the existence of another conscious being, it's no longer just about you. Your examples seem like personal cho

I think the difference is when your action impacts the existence of another conscious being, it's no longer just about you. Your examples seem like personal choices, but in the hunting example, there are two conscious parties (the hunter and the animal) and both are required to be present for the action to occur (the kill), but only one party is consenting (the hunter). If animals spoke in the hunter's native language we'd probably stop hunting or killing them because they could adequately express their fear and anger at being killed against their will. As it is, their running away and animal noises fall on deaf ears. And yes, I don't eat dog meat (or any meat) for this reason.