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> I would feel disgusted/horrified/angry. This is the appropriate response to the thought of your species being slaughtered for food. Happily, there's no reaso
by marcusverus 4y ago
> I would feel disgusted/horrified/angry.
This is the appropriate response to the thought of your species being slaughtered for food. Happily, there's no reason to assume that any other species is capable of contemplating such a thing!
They are capable of feeling pain, of course, which is a good argument against eating veal or foie gras. But it's hardly a reason to not eat any meat. If you're eating free range chickens or pasture-raised beef, it's likely that the animal you're eating lived a pretty good life and had one bad day.
- rmvt 4y ago> This is the appropriate response to the thought of your species being slaughtered for food not necessarily. there are a lot of assumptions you're making here > there's no reason to assume that any other species is capable of contemplating such a thing! you don't know this > If you're eating free range chickens or pasture-raised beef in case that by "free range chicken" and "pasture-raised beef" you mean the same that the indurstry does by using those terms, you should do some research into how those animals are actually raised and the lives they live
- ethanbond 4y agoThere’s plenty reason to suspect other animals are capable of this experience. We know for example that elephants will mourn their dead. Spend any time with a dog and you’ll realize they too are clearly affected when their loved ones are gone. As far as I’m aware, the overall trend is that as we learn more and more about animals, they consistently have richer and more complex lives than we thought they had previously. “Non-human animals can’t experience complex emotion” is the bold claim that relies on unproven exceptionalism. That is the claim we have no evidence for.