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I'm in the same boat. I became vegan a few years ago for purely health reasons. Now in the last couple of months I'm starting to become more of a morally consci
by jdavis703 14y ago
I'm in the same boat. I became vegan a few years ago for purely health reasons. Now in the last couple of months I'm starting to become more of a morally conscious vegetarian and think that the way factory farmed meat is slaughtered is just wrong. But there's where I stop. I still question the moral difference between killing plants or microscopic organisms and that of organisms in the animal kingdom. So basically if you kill and prepare the animal yourself that's fine, just so long as its done in a way to minimize suffering.
- theoutlander 14y agoYes, I contemplate about the same and it drives me nuts! Lol, speaking of which I keep wondering if we were meant to simply eat fruits and nuts. I keep wondering how many I kill every time I walk or when you dig for building a house for instance. Someday if I found roadkill, I might consider eating it. I agree that if you can kill the animal humanely and eliminate (?) suffering, it might be a good alternative. One of these days I'm hoping to experiment in our lab on a project growing meat from stem cells. Wonder if it would be ok to eat that?
- jdavis703 14y agoAn animals original genesis should have no impact on the value of its life. If you had a clone created of yourself would it be ok if you harvested it of its organs? What if someone else did? Now if you could just grow a loin or a liver or a breast in isolation from an animal that might be different...
- theoutlander 14y agoThat's right, I'm simply considering growing certain parts. It sounds quite gross the more I think about it, but I suppose there might be zero pain involved? It's certainly doable.