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Suffering is part of the world. I just try to minimize it, I do not believe it can be avoided. Do you believe differently in general?

• paulcole 4y ago
  I’ll agree that there’s no way to eliminate suffering. But you can continue to reduce your creation of suffering in animals by not eating meat. It’s fine if that’s a decision you’re not willing to make. But if you say, “I just try to minimize suffering” and then continue to eat meat, you should instead say, “I just try to minimize suffering that I can’t justify to myself.” Otherwise you’re lying to yourself because you’re doing one thing and saying another.
  • hutzlibu 4y ago
    "I just try to minimize suffering that I can’t justify to myself" That is clearly implied, isn't it? There is almost no action, that does not directly or indirectly creates (potential) suffering. Normal agriculture creates a lot of suffering by poisoning the earth and the animals within. But even the most ecological agriculture creates suffering. First, by making a forest to a field. Wild animals and plants had to go away, so that the corn can grow. But yes, growing corn in an ecological way minimizes suffering by comparing it with growing corn in the most toxic way and then feeding it to animals that can barely move, to then feed some fat humans, who can also barely move.
    • paulcole 4y ago
      > That is clearly implied, isn't it? No.