Comment on Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years agowhy should sentience matter at all?
Comment on Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years agowhy should sentience matter at all?
NeuralNerd@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Because if something is not sentient it cannot have negative experiences, so you can’t be harmed.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
so?
NeuralNerd@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The question was “why is eating meat bad?”, my answer is something like “because to have meat you must harm animals”, and someone answered that “we always harm something when we eat” and my answer is “no, there are foods that you can’t harm because they are not sentient”.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
first, you can’t prove plants aren’t sentient. second even if you could, why should sentience matter? what ethical system even accounts for sentience as a factor of right behavior?