I'm personally vegetarian, but am willing to give that benefit of doubt. We're omnivores by design. Tech may veganize us
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the benefit of the doubt that people can't bring themselves not to do it? We're also homicidal by design, that doesn't make it right.
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The benefit of the doubt that the argument for healthy vegetarianism/veganism may not be airtight
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so basically, as long as there is the chance that eating meat could be a healthier option, it's reasonable for people to do it.
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right, but your initial claim centered on the immorality of a rational actor making the choice to hurt an animal.
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Lack of empathy, material understanding of pain is enough for me to process this, don't need abstract moral frame
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fair enough. There's clearly pain involved in the process of making most commercially available meat. Factory farms and such.
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yeah, one of the few issues I'm firmly partisan on is factory farming...
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so, are only the factory farmers at fault, or are the people who eat their products complicit?
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My buddy Erik Marcus would argue all are complicit to some degree, in proportion to knowledge and ability to change
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Don't have one yet. It's one of those TINA type traps where apparent agency to change is higher than actual.
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