• Dragon@lemmy.ml
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    4 years ago

    If I own ten chickens and I kill and eat three, is that morally equivalent in your mind to owning ten chickens and killing and eating seven?

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      4 years ago

      In both cases the user who is going to eat kill them to be their food, it is exactly the same issue.

      I expect that your way to think is that I choose killing less but that is exactly an utilitarianist POV.

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        4 years ago

        I don’t get how it avoids the background issue. You can be principally against killing any chickens and still recognize a situation where fewer chickens die as preferable.

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          The case is out of any contextualized situation.

          I set that you respect other animals’ rights and fight for them in the maximum possible and this is not a situation where the person has two options and all the world is involved on it to solve that. And the idea is improve that situation with the effort and the time to avoid the issues happen again.

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            4 years ago

            Yes my comment is not in context, It’s a general statement about what is preferable. I was just initially saying that it’s possible, even though it is disgusting and signifies a decline in childhood well-being, that a facebook for only children might be a net improvement in the world.