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Technically speaking my point was "it's more unethical to consume animal products than it is to consume plant-based products".
by nawitus 13y ago
Technically speaking my point was "it's more unethical to consume animal products than it is to consume plant-based products".
- venomsnake 13y agoThat is interesting question. Is it more unethical to torture a species and ensure its survival because it is tasty, or to push a species to extinction to farm on its former habitat? And why? This is one of those questions that drink a lot of beer and lead to violence among friends late in the evenings. With no good answer.
- tedks 13y agoDo you think a species as a unit has preferences? It seems like your friends are conflating genetics and utilitarian ethics. There's a way of explaining genetics in terms of preferences, but genes don't really have preferences. Species, by extension, don't have preferences. Cows as a species want nothing. Individual cows do. So personally, as a vegan, I wouldn't see the death of the last cow on earth as a huge loss, as long as the cow was safe, happy, and comfortable.