RE: are vegetarians more ethical by not eating meat?
May 16, 2013 at 7:15 pm
(This post was last modified: May 16, 2013 at 7:19 pm by Sal.)
I eat meat products of animals that was raised ecologically for the most part, in hopes I don't implicitly cause unnecessary suffering.
The ethics of vegetarianism and vegan fail because the collection of plants cause undue suffering to animals that come in contact with harvesters as such. Penn & Teller's Bullshit! explained this better.
Still, I mostly eat plants, in bread form, vegetables and fruit and whatnot, but I also eat ecologically raised meat (i.e. free range animals) as opposed to factory farmed animals. Besides, ecological meat tastes better than factory meat.
But I'm also realistic. Nature is nasty. The amount of suffering of animal-on-animal behavior is just abysmal. Not to mention the very nature of some animals that have their own taxonomy: parasites. Parasites cause untold suffering.
So, let's not delude ourselves, there's enough of suffering to go around - if only idiots like PETA would realize this, or do they think they can lessen suffering in how nature is? I'd argue that free range animals have a better life than what occurs outside the fences with occurrence of natural predators ripping them apart. They sure ain't using a bolt-gun.
But if we somehow can remove suffering out of the equation for factory farming, be it synthetic meat grown in a lab, or genetically modified animals that do not experience suffering or whatever, then I'd choose that.
The ethics of vegetarianism and vegan fail because the collection of plants cause undue suffering to animals that come in contact with harvesters as such. Penn & Teller's Bullshit! explained this better.
Still, I mostly eat plants, in bread form, vegetables and fruit and whatnot, but I also eat ecologically raised meat (i.e. free range animals) as opposed to factory farmed animals. Besides, ecological meat tastes better than factory meat.
But I'm also realistic. Nature is nasty. The amount of suffering of animal-on-animal behavior is just abysmal. Not to mention the very nature of some animals that have their own taxonomy: parasites. Parasites cause untold suffering.
So, let's not delude ourselves, there's enough of suffering to go around - if only idiots like PETA would realize this, or do they think they can lessen suffering in how nature is? I'd argue that free range animals have a better life than what occurs outside the fences with occurrence of natural predators ripping them apart. They sure ain't using a bolt-gun.
But if we somehow can remove suffering out of the equation for factory farming, be it synthetic meat grown in a lab, or genetically modified animals that do not experience suffering or whatever, then I'd choose that.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman
