Rick O'Shez
Irishman bouncing off walls
But if a non-meat diet is available and sufficient then what is the "good purpose".
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Ethical to breed animals for its only purpose to be eaten?
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But if a non-meat diet is available and sufficient then what is the "good purpose".
Dunno guys, but looking at some animals and there nature, it feels like they were created/evolved (ever since they existed maybe?!?!) for the sole purpose to be eaten. I mean, they ended up with no natural ability to live on their own, depending on humans to live. Chicken for example, AFAIK, are completely useless for anything but to eat. Cows, sheep and domestic cattle and poultry in general are like that. The only way to not eat them in the end is not get rid of them.
Dunno... am I making sense?
Dunno... am I making sense?
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
As Reverend Maynard says "Life feeds on life feeds on life feeds on life."
psychoslice
Veteran Member
Myself I am a vegetarian, but I will eat a little meat once in a while, like I don't take it all so serious, if one wants to eat meat then that's their freedom to do so, no one has the right to condemn them. Everything on this planet is food for everything else, if your choice is to not eat animals, then do so, if your choice is to eat animals, then also do so...........just don't judge the other of their personal choice.
psychoslice
Veteran Member
Well said.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Yes. But some of those animals, such as pigs, are very capable of living without humans. Most animals, even chickens, I suspect would do just fine without humans. The only problem would be what to do with the livestock of the large factory farms. They'd have to be spread out pretty far to be balanced with the environment.
Well, we did domesticate cows, sheep and pigs to eat them and make use of their products, pretty much.
You guys do make sense to me, yes. For some reason I think that some specific animals were created/evolved in conjunction with humans and cannot live with out them. I struggled to convince myself that especially chickens and sheep were as some time dependent and that they can manage on there own. Perhaps I should check their evolution. But even then, the kinds we have now are the kind we have now.
Gotta say tho, I still see slaughtering animals cruel
Gotta say tho, I still see slaughtering animals cruel
psychoslice
Veteran Member
Yes your like me, you have a soft heart, I myself cannot even kill a cockroach, I am also a vegetarian.You guys do make sense to me, yes. For some reason I think that some specific animals were created/evolved in conjunction with humans and cannot live with out them. I struggled to convince myself that especially chickens and sheep were as some time dependent and that they can manage on there own. Perhaps I should check their evolution. But even then, the kinds we have now are the kind we have now.
Gotta say tho, I still see slaughtering animals cruel
It's the way they slaughter them, not slaughtering itself. Traditionally many cultures would use a very sharp sword or knife and behead them in one quick strike. Jews and Muslims also are to follow many religious guidelines to ensure that the slaughter is humane. Factory farms are a horror show but that doesn't speak for all slaughtering practices.You guys do make sense to me, yes. For some reason I think that some specific animals were created/evolved in conjunction with humans and cannot live with out them. I struggled to convince myself that especially chickens and sheep were as some time dependent and that they can manage on there own. Perhaps I should check their evolution. But even then, the kinds we have now are the kind we have now.
Gotta say tho, I still see slaughtering animals cruel
What do we mean by humane killing or slaughter? - RSPCA Australia knowledgebase
psychoslice
Veteran Member
You are right.
By this reasoning there would be no special consideration for your own species.
The question is, if special consideration is to be extended to humans, what are the unique characteristics that put humans into a different moral category?
Justify.
psychoslice
Veteran Member
Humans are animals as well, we are also food for other animals, its that simple.
That's cannibalism and another subject.
psychoslice
Veteran Member
We can only do what we can do, if we don't like eating animals, then don't, if we want to eat animals. then do, its that simple.
Healthy individuals of most species have a natural aversion to consuming other members of their species, so your point is irrelevant. It makes more sense to ask if it's okay for non-human animals to eat humans.
Other species are not moral agents. They have neither the behavioral options nor the capabilities to appreciate the effects of their actions. Ethics do bot apply to them.
This thread is about ethics, so it is about human choices only.