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Where do you draw the line between animals and plants? Plants are a form of life. Is it the pain? What is it about animal pain that is morally objectionable? Be
by Thorentis 5y ago
Where do you draw the line between animals and plants? Plants are a form of life. Is it the pain? What is it about animal pain that is morally objectionable? Because humans can feel pain too, therefore animal pain is also bad? Assuming we grant that, what if animals were put to sleep before being killed? Does that then make it okay? I find the whole "violence against animals" argument to be incredibly hand-wavy and without substance.
- string 5y agoI draw the line in that I don't eat anything with a central nervous system. I don't doubt a biologist might make me reconsider my understanding of a CNS, but I've always found it a clear line for me personally.
- dunefox 5y ago> Where do you draw the line between animals and plants? Exactly there: between animals and plants.
- daddylongstroke 5y agoWhat about fungus or other microbes you kill everyday? Are they more animal, or plant? Why?
- dunefox 5y agoNeither.