Comment on Those poor plants
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI’m talking about an argument for veganism though. If you are saying that it’s acceptable for people to eat hunted meat, you’re not saying they should be vegans. And you’re encouraging a massive increase in hunting.
BlackDragon@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
What part of my reference to it as animal abuse sounds like an endorsement of the practice? I’m not sure about you, but personally I consider animal abuse to be unacceptable.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Okay, then I think you’re completely missing my point, which is that arguing that causing less pain is good is a bad argument for veganism. Causing no pain would be the ethical argument, wouldn’t it? Causing less pain would still be unethical, right?
It’s sort of like trying to convince someone committing genocide they should stop by telling them they should slow down.
flerp@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
It’s not sort of like that though because the practicality of the matter is that humans have to eat to survive but they don’t have to genocide to survive. Reducing suffering as much as possible being the goal rather than eliminating it completely is not a new concept in philosophy considering eliminating suffering completely is impossible.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If it is only about reducing suffering as much as possible, would harvesting the meat from euthanized pets be acceptable?