Sometimes I am alarmed that so few people are “species ethicists.” In a Darwinian sense, the chicken had won a genetic lottery by being tasty, horse by being fast, dog by being friendly. Discontinuing meat is ethically equivalent to species extinction.
I'm certainly not trying to use "natural" as a proxy for "good", as is frequently done by ecologically minded folks. I think that's orthogonal to the question we're discussing. Many things in the non-human influenced parts of the ecosphere are horrific and painful.
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I do, however, want to discuss whether we can optimize for minimal suffering in a farm environment though.
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