• Ibaudia@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Carnivores aren’t evil because they don’t have a choice in the matter. They are acting on instinct and do not care for ethics. Humans have a choice and moral compass, yet still create unnecessary mass death for personal gain.

    As a hypothetical, if lab-grown meat becomes viable and scalable, thus offering a 1:1 replacement for meat, wouldn’t we be evil if we were to reject it just because it didn’t come from a dead animal? If no, why not? If yes, how dissimilar does the meat replacement have to be before humans stop being evil?

    I actually eat meat fairly regularly, I’m just curious what other people think about this.

    • essell@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Humans have a choice and moral compass, yet still create unnecessary mass death for personal gain.

      We do. And yet that is not all we are. Should one aspect of what it means to be human being valued above the others? The elevation of critical thinking faculties to being the measure of a man is a very modern post Renaissance concept, one that is slowly losing traction thankfully

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        6 months ago

        “That is not all we are” is not an excuse for unethical behavior. Recognizing the needless death of trillions of innocent, sentient beings is not a critical thinking exercise. It is something one willingly turns a blind eye to.

          • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
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            6 months ago

            The elevation of critical thinking faculties to being the measure of a man is a very modern post Renaissance concept, one that is slowly losing traction thankfully

            You celebrate the loss of critical thinking right here in your own words.

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              6 months ago

              The elevation of them being the measure of a man is being lost, not the critical thinking skills themselves.

              You know that reading comprehension is an aspect of critical thinking right? So is the capacity to engage in the discussion without attacking the speaker?

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      6 months ago

      I get a choice in the matter and what that means is I can be wrong where the stupids can’t. Great. Fuck you AND your free will.