Declawing Cats

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Except in this case “being better” is mainly a cosmetic thing, and it’s value and cost is evaluated very much based on strongly held personal and not universally shared preferences, and not on persuasive argument of what generally acknowledged good it can bring.

You really don’t know anything about declawing, do you? It’s not cosmetic, at all.

I am not saying declawing cats are cosmetic.  I am saying forcing other people to not be, to your eyes, cruel to animals as a way to compel others to embark upon what you think are steps towards “being better” as people suggest the “better” is mainly a personal, morally cosmetic, concept.  Causing pain and suffering to animals in order to make the animal better fit our needs and desires has not traditionally been widely considered to be fundamentally morally questionable.   In fact it has long been considered a mark of diligence and enterprise.   Not being cruel to animals have traditionally only been considered laudable when it does not stand in the way of making animals better fit out needs and desires.