It's not so much the act of killing that is manifestly unethical, but rather the life it leads before death. Obviously the debate has a lot to do with your bel

It's not so much the act of killing that is manifestly unethical, but rather the life it leads before death. Obviously the debate has a lot to do with your belief in consciousness and ego. Does a lamb have an ego and is it conscious of its own mortality (in the abstract sense)? Does the sheep suffer existential angst? Are these requirements for the industrialised raising and slaughter of animals for food to be unethical?