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Plenty of things are a matter of having different values. Eating meat, going to church, drinking alcohol, owning slaves, stealing from each other, killing, maki
by ribosometronome 4y ago
Plenty of things are a matter of having different values. Eating meat, going to church, drinking alcohol, owning slaves, stealing from each other, killing, making idols of things in heaven. Some of these, despite being technically allowed by religious customs (like how the Quran sets better conditions for slaves than what they generally saw at the time, and even encourages their release, but still allows for the practice) are bad despite the religious institution having previously been an improvement. And the others, like making idols, doesn't really matter if you're outside the religion.
- ch4s3 4y agoI’m merely using religious values as an example for why someone might eat meat but also be concerned with animal welfare, and that there exist worldviews where the two are compatible. For myself I’m content in asserting that animals are not human and there’s no reason to afford them the same rights as humans. If I assume that I have the same faculties for reason but need to come to a conclusion behind a veil of ignorance, I would still be ok with a world in which people eat some meat.