"The Strongest Argument for Veganism" is actually quite a weak argument, likely because it hasn't been subjected to serious scrutiny from people outside the #Vegan bubble.
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First and most glaring problem: it straightforwardly transforms into an argument for annihilating all wild animal life. We have to check premise (2): do wild animals suffer? The answer is emphatically positive. In fact the form of the argument only requires a tiny amount (2/.)
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of suffering, such as an animal feeling mildly unpleasant for a single moment, but nature gives me a much stronger hand here. I expect that the straightforward extension of this argument to the wholesale eradication of wildlife didn't occur to vegans. Why not? (3/.)
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The argument as stated extends to an argument that we should exterminate the entire human race. (1) People shouldn't suffer unnecessarily (2) People suffer by being alive (3) it's not necessary for people to be alive ==> (4) one should eradicate all humans (4/.)
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Replying to @RokoMijic @RokoMijicUK
It's not unheard of for utilitarian influenced governance to reach step 4
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Yes but the position that we should genocide all humans for our own good doesn't have high status within EA, and few EAs seem to hold that view... though there are some. I don't think that Human extinction is an intended destination for veganism.
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You think they start out saying that? No, but that's where the internal pressures lead. It's a dollar auction of ideology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_auction …pic.twitter.com/MdYFnSmA1R
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