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minus-squareterwn43lp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·10 hours agoif you eat animals, you’re just as bad
minus-squareinari@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 hours agoI still haven’t heard a good argument as to why elephants deserve more moral consideration than cows or other farmed animals
minus-squareDoubleDongle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoThey are far more intelligent (yes, I know cows are smarter than they get credit for) and rarely hunted for sustenance, instead normally for sport.
minus-squareinari@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 hours agoWhy should we assign higher moral value the more they’re intelligent? Aren’t both capable of feeling pain?
if you eat animals, you’re just as bad
I still haven’t heard a good argument as to why elephants deserve more moral consideration than cows or other farmed animals
They are far more intelligent (yes, I know cows are smarter than they get credit for) and rarely hunted for sustenance, instead normally for sport.
Why should we assign higher moral value the more they’re intelligent? Aren’t both capable of feeling pain?