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Even in the growing and harvesting of plants, large amounts of animals get killed in the process. The moles underground, the rabbits and hares that eat the plan
by majani 8y ago
Even in the growing and harvesting of plants, large amounts of animals get killed in the process. The moles underground, the rabbits and hares that eat the plants, the rats and snakes that shelter in the piles of harvest etc, they all have to be killed en masse to ensure a good harvest. Given this fact, veganism appears to me like a refusal to accept the reality that this world is a harsh one full of chaos. I prefer to focus on sustainable consumption as the reasonable balance between the two extremes of veganism and American fast food.
- fnovd 8y agoThe largest consumer of crops grown in the United States are our farmed animals. Eating soybeans directly instead of sending them to factory farms reduces the amount of animals killed, both in the factories and on the fields. There is no trade-off in terms of animal death when switching to a plant-based diet. You are always killing fewer animals.
- leaf_house 8y agoThis is a common logical fallacy used to justify your current lifestyle. Veganism is not about moral purity, its about the tangible impact of your actions.
- goldenkey 8y agoTorture is the main ethical reason to not eat meat. You are right about death - we all die, nothing new there. But doing the right thing is never about purity - its about choosing the actions that cause the least bad will. Torture and Death should not be chosen over Incidental Death if one wants to be honest about acting with pragmatic good will.