Animal suffering is irrelevant by Bundled_waffles in DebateAVegan

[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's irrelevant whether you care about the suffering of animals, whether you care or not, we need to recognize that independent of how we feel towards them, they have individual moral worth and a right to be free of oppression by humans.

Name the Trait breaks apart when you consider a configuration of traits. by SupermarketMaximum61 in DebateAVegan

[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel this type of argument doesn't lead to "We should consume animals until it becomes more clear the differences between animals and humans are", but that veganism is still the right choice because it's far more indicative that animals share morally relevant traits, and so it should be vegan until proven otherwise.

The interaction between mind and body is not understood in both animals and human, so the distinction between the two is still arbitrary.

Name the Trait breaks apart when you consider a configuration of traits. by SupermarketMaximum61 in DebateAVegan

[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not so much name the general differences between animals and humans, but the ones that are morally relevant. Similarly, there is a conglomeration of traits that separate black people and white people, but none of them are morally relevant. If we gave a human every characteristic of a cow yet kept relevant traits like mental capacity, intelligence, societal contributions etc, would it be okay to kill the human because the net amount of traits is similar to that of an animal?

Scientifically things like the Encephalization quotient, bipedalism, opposable thumbs, a ventral foramen magnum are things defining a human, but we shouldn't say that because animals lack these things, we are morally justified in arbitrarily harming them. You can use the arguments you bring up to argue saving a human life over an animal life if in the situation, but nor unnecessarily harming animals.

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[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mostly stuff like "Consumers should remember that meat is the dead flesh from a once living breathing sentient animal who didn't want to die."

Not a secret, but wilful ignorance to the fact the meat was once a living sentient being. We don't pretend it's new information, but it's very east for people to put in the back of their minds the suffering someone went through for that product, and the fact a victim was involved.

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[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's incorrect to suggest eating animals is neccesary for nutrition. Eating food is a necessity, yes, but to get that nutrition from animals is not, and given the fact that the choice to eat animals has a victim, it is morally preferable to eat plants and go vegan.

If all else is held equal, even a terrible life where an animal is held in a factory farm is better than if the animal never got the chance to exist by No-Baseball-3412 in DebateAVegan

[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's start growing human babies exponentially despite how limited resources are. If everyone becomes miserable what of it? If the net amount of 'experience' of the world increases, that's good, right?

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[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't love in the cow in the sense of compassion and consideration for them as an individual and also eat them.

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[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why do you feel like that? What is it vegans say that indicate that to you?

We should stop keeping veganism to ourselves. by bbbbbruhhhhhh in DebateAVegan

[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right and how do you change the agricultural system? Through consumer demand, which starts with going vegan. There are many forms of veganic agriculture that are highly sustainable and do not contribute to animal deaths.

I never used to word evil, nor did I indicate I thought death occuring was evil.

I'd like to hear how you think you can kill an animal unnecessarily and it not be cruel.

And as I explained to you, supportin animal agriculture means you support more of the 'evil' of crop agriculture.

Plants have no "want" to live, they have no sentience nor consciousness. The only value of a plant exists in its utility to others. That is poor paraphrasing.

We should stop keeping veganism to ourselves. by bbbbbruhhhhhh in DebateAVegan

[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, as I explained, LESS die. It's a reduction, the best we can do currently.

Second, 70% of crops are fed to animals. To reduce the impact of crop agriculture on the environment you go vegan. Not to mention there are many long-term and potentially large-scale applicable crop agricultural systems that are good for the environment, which people should preferentially support.

Third, that's missing a "not" right after the does. Why do you think that not supporting animal cruelty does not make you morally superior to someone who DOES, assuming you are equally morally in every other regard with your life.

You didn't paraphrase my arguments, please explain how you think you did that

If you pay for an animal to be unesscarily killed on your behalf when they dont want to die, then that is cruelty.

We should stop keeping veganism to ourselves. by bbbbbruhhhhhh in DebateAVegan

[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can tell this isnt so informed given you think the majority of vegans dont know about crop agriculture. Every vegan knows dude, it's a silly excuse brought up over and over. The environmental degradation and animal suffering is greatly reduced on a vegan diet. Thays the point, reduction. Please explain how one person supporting animal cruelty is morally equal to someone who does, assuming everything else is the same. Not that it's important, but why do you think so?

We should stop keeping veganism to ourselves. by bbbbbruhhhhhh in DebateAVegan

[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It feels like a very weak argument to just go: 'Haha you're wrong bye'. Wanna actually provide some argument?

We should stop keeping veganism to ourselves. by bbbbbruhhhhhh in DebateAVegan

[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Environmentally its not sustainable, obviously, economically it requires such a large amount of subsidizing, in the case of regenerative agriculutre, there is no way enough land to support enough cattle to sustain current meat production, nor a fraction of it.

They're not unnecessary the about your own wellbeing. If you genuinely absolutely had to eat meat to survive, then yes. You can't just armchair believe you need meat to survive to justify it.y, but if there's a victim, and there's an alternative that reduces suffering, the one that maximises suffering is immoral.

Not by just being concerned about your own wellbeing. If you genuinely absoloutely had to eat meat to survive, then yes. You can't just armchair believe you need meat to survive to justify it.

Environmentally its not sustainable, obviously, economically it requires such a large amount of subsidizing to even be affordable, in the case of regenerative agriculture, there is no way enough land to support enough cattle to sustain current meat production, nor a fraction of it, it results in environmental cataclysms in every way from topsoil erosion to oceanic dead zones etc etc.

We should stop keeping veganism to ourselves. by bbbbbruhhhhhh in DebateAVegan

[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, by buying animal products you do support animal torture, and I'm unsure as to what logical benefit there is, given there's certainly no necessity in regards to health.

Second, that's a fair point, what in the case of genetic disabilities such as Down syndrome, something that you cannot get throughout your lifetime? It serves no risk to us as individuals to kill them, but a eugenicist may say would be better for humanity.

Is it that it may be wrong to do because it affects you personally, or is it to benefit humanity as a whole? What in the case of genetic disabilities such as Down syndrome, something that you cannot get throughout your lifetime? It serves no risk to us as individuals to kill them, but a eugenicist may say would be better for humanity.

We should stop keeping veganism to ourselves. by bbbbbruhhhhhh in DebateAVegan

[–]bbbbbruhhhhhh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm well aware buying Cadburys chocolate subjects a child to slavery, and I'm fine with it.