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@robbensinger A deontological prohibition against increasing demand for meat seems like it might forbid a lot of economic activity.
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@robbensinger Difference between direct and indirect effects on demand probably smaller than e.g. species differences in calories per life. -
@robbensinger I think that a lot of support for deontological prohibitions comes from intuitions that require the violence to be "personal". -
@robbensinger With meat eating, it's not as though you're hurting the animal you're eating. The harm is statistical. -
@robbensinger That doesn't make it less real from a utilitarian pov, but from a utilitarian pov, it's a small issue as per Paul C's points. -
@robbensinger I can wrap my mind around deontological prohibitions against personal violence or law-breaking, -
@robbensinger but not against contributing causally to undesirable phenomena that don't affect the utilitarian calculation much. - 4 more replies
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