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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
Ah, see, you're an ethical vegan then? That's part of why we differ, because I find the ethical argument, by far, the least convincing of any. Tell a tiger how it's unethical to kill and eat an antelope. We're animals too after all. No one is ever going to make me feel bad about killing animals, and it's the same for many, many other people. Nothing wrong with being relatively clean and humane while doing it, but I have no problem eating Bessie the Cow no matter how beautiful her dark brown eyes are.
On another note, I haven't had a chance to read this book, but it pertains to this thread: Amazon.com: The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability (9781604860801): Lierre Keith: Books |
Thanks for beating me to the punch BG.
So - an appeal to nature as a model for how we ought to conduct ourselves? Because we are also animals (we are), we can ignore our capacity for altruism and ethical behaviour to justify killing other animals?
The question I have yet to hear a convincing answer for, then, is why do we say it's alright to kill one kind of animal and not others? For example, if I was to suggest eating somebody's pet dog or cat, or go kill a bunch of dolphins for food, how can a meat eater deny me that and be ethically consistent?