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I believe in the harm principle, but I also think that experimenting on animals is wrong.
I don't know if everyone knows about the harm principle but it basically means that Any right adult of a civilized community can make a choice without interference by another except when it affects others or if the harm of interfering is lower than the original harm.
This means that eating meat, I don't tend to find bad, infact I love the taste of a nice roast or a big juicy peice of steak, because when I'm eating this I'm not putting anyone in harm (physical, psychological or indirect), sure vegetarians may not like it, but if they interfere i believe that the harm of their interference is worse than the harm of me eating the meat in the first place, because they are pretty much volunteering to be a vegetarian.
Killing animals on the other hand (and scientific testing on them) i think is wrong. I believe that interference in someone killing an animal is ok, this is because people tend to be psychologically and emotionally attached to animals, no matter if it's a random cow in the middle of the paddock, people (like my self) think it's morrally wrong, therefore interfering is allowed because it is affecting other people than just the person commiting the act.
(sorry if this doesnt make sence, I'm typing stuff down as I think it hehe)
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