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stratoscaster@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoImo, Kant’s principles don’t really apply in this scenario, the Categorical Imperative applies to human-to-human treatment. Kant’s primary principle is act as such it would become universal law. Animal consumption is already a universal law.
Murder (of a human) is wrong because when applied universally, then society collapses. Theft is wrong because when applied universally, the right of property, and therefore society, collapses.
Animal consumption doesn’t cause societal collapse.
Thoughts?
Genius@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Animal consumption causes factory farming, and farming causes chickens to develop stress-induced autophagia. I don’t like it when the chickens are so unhappy they eat themselves and need to be debeaked. We should all stop doing things that cause that.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
no, it doesn’t
Genius@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Well I guess that’s true if you shoplift. Shoplifting is fine. Just don’t give money to factory farmers or their distribution networks.
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
unless farmers don’t have free will, the only thing that can be said to cause them to farm is their own choice.