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Why does everything have to be a slippery slope?
by mmazing 5y ago
Why does everything have to be a slippery slope?
- marcus_holmes 5y agoIt's a pretty binary decision (eat animals or not). What does the slope look like?
- mprovost 5y agoEating whales. Or dolphins. Or dogs. Or chimps.
- marcus_holmes 5y agoTrue, I hadn't considered that. The "should you eat horses?" question. So if there is vat-grown pork but they never manage to get the beef quite right, will it be acceptable to eat cows but not pigs? I guess that's the slope. So yes, this has to be a slippery slope ;)
- mmazing 5y agoYour version: Lab grown meat -> everyone agrees eating animals is immoral -> various extreme examples of society completely changing It's also entirely possible that lab grown meat becomes prevalent and simply coexists with raising animals for food for the foreseeable future.
- marcus_holmes 5y agoI don't think that's how humans work. There's a possibility of moral high ground here, so someone is bound to take it.