1. If eating meat is somehow morally reprehensible

    logicallypositive:

    then why do we not get just as angry at dogs and other animals as we do people?

    Is this a real question? Really?

    Pretending that it is, two things come to mind:
    1. Assigning moral responsibility to non-human animals is something of the middle-ages. But maybe we should level the playing field and, say, ask the state not to arrest people for trespassing unless we also arrest deer.

    2. That eating meat could be ‘morally reprehensible’ doesn’t necessitate any sort of rights-responsibility concept. For example, take Peter Singer’s famous utilitarian argument for vegetarianism/veganism: moral reprehensibility is tied to disutility. Thus, it’s not just weighing the sentience of the animal against the relative non-necessity of consuming meat in industrialised countries, but that and also that it’s a reprehensible waste of resources.

    Sincerely,
    An omnivore who values the conversation regarding the moral status of animals (and is maybe taking the OPs question too seriously?)

    (via absurdreasoning)

    2. 5 months ago  Notes (48)
      1. x3chrissy reblogged this from erosum
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      3. attackofthelawngnomes reblogged this from erosum and added:
        Yeeee, a sensible answer to this question that isn’t all like MY ANTHROCENTRISM IS A VALID DEFENSE OF VEGANISM
      4. citizenalien reblogged this from absurdreasoning and added:
        Is this a real question? Really? Pretending that it is, two things come to mind: 1. Assigning moral responsibility to...
      5. so-meta said: That’s like saying “If we should put people in jail for murder, then why don’t we put animals in jail for killing other animals”
      6. theweightofemptiness reblogged this from absurdreasoning and added:
        I think its because our ability to choose otherwise infuriated people. Like meat eaters are perpetually immoral on...
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      8. weaponsandfros reblogged this from murikunt and added:
        ^Yeah. Even though I eat meat again, I’m looking into purchasing from local farms. It’s more humane and it isn’t...
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      10. murikunt reblogged this from absurdreasoning and added:
        It’s not the act of eating meat that so many oppose, more the process of breeding, raising, drugging, abusing and...
      11. ferretmochalatte said: Cliff stays having to ruin people’s fun…lol
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      13. uhhhjsaispas said: what we don’t? “god damn it dog you didn’t file your tax returns. bad dog. bad.”
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