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You can't "care about ethics" if you care about something like taste more. That's like saying you care about the ethics of not stealing, but you care about havi
by landa 8y ago
You can't "care about ethics" if you care about something like taste more. That's like saying you care about the ethics of not stealing, but you care about having an expensive stolen thing more. You just don't care about the ethics.
- buzzy_hacker 8y agoHow does your model of metaethics account for guilt then? I can appreciate your sentiment, I'm a pescatarian for ethical reasons, but I still believe your claim to be untrue.
- henrikschroder 8y agoThank you for illustrating my point by claiming that if ethics aren't the top overriding priority in your decision, you somehow don't care about ethics at all. That is exactly the attitude that I find frustrating when talking to certain vegans and vegetarians. Imagine the following scenario: I have a choice between two burgers. They both taste the same and cost the same, but the first one requires a cow to die, and the second one doesn't. If I don't care about ethics, then I would choose randomly between the two, because that's not a deciding factor. But if I consistently choose the second one, then I obviously care about ethics, it is a deciding factor for me. It's just not the most important deciding factor, but it's still there. Why does it have to be binary? Why does it have to be all-or-nothing for you? I obviously might not care as much as you do about it, but you claiming that I don't care about it at all is incredibly offensive.