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> I am not a vegetarian and do not plan on becoming one - but I still want to avoid animal suffering wherever possible. Perhaps if we cannot forbade animal suf
by zajio1am 4y ago
> I am not a vegetarian and do not plan on becoming one - but I still want to avoid animal suffering wherever possible.
Perhaps if we cannot forbade animal suffering altogether from deontological position, we can just take consequentialist position and tax it like other externalities. That would reduce unnecessary animal suffering while allow necessary.
- iancmceachern 4y agoWe do this already. It's called the IACUC. You have to get their approval to do any animal research, including with mice and rats. https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/standing-committee-for-the-care-and-use-of-animals-in-research https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/standing-committe...
- fastball 4y agoI think you missed the point GC was making, which was (in my understanding) that we should basically allow people to do as much animal cruelty as they want (within extremity limits), we just tax them proportionally.