• kicksystem@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So what? Traffic lights communicate with each other as well. That doesn’t mean we should grant them moral worth. The ability to suffer and be conscious does.

    • Abnorc@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I don’t know. I wouldn’t venture to eat a traffic light.

      I doubt that we stop at plants not because they’re worth less than animals and it’s somehow morally alright. We stop there because we may not be able to survive without eating some kind of living thing: directly or not. I don’t know if there is a diet that doesn’t involve either plants or animals.