• viralJ@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I agree that there is something special about every animal, but you seem to be talking about generic specialness, about intelligence and capacity for suffering, but you haven’t really addressed my points, i.e. there are actual biological hallmarks of humans and dogs having forged a stronger mental and emotional connection in the course of evolution than humans and any other animals that we eat.

    Edit: clarity

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      11 months ago

      So?

      Is the implication that it is ethically permissible to eat other animals like cats, because they haven’t had the same evolutionary privileges?

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        11 months ago

        I wouldn’t phrase it in black and white terms (permissible - not permissible), but to answer a question similar to yours - yes, I think it’s normal for people to feel stronger repulsion on the thought of eating animals with which we can form stronger bonds. So I, for example, cringe more at the thought of eating a dog, than eating a cat, than eating a cow, than eating a fish, etc…

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          11 months ago

          What is normal, what we’ve been conditioned to believe, or what produces feelings of repulsion are not good moral foundations.

          I’m only interested in what is ethical. I’m not convinced there is any reason to consider cows, or even fish, to be less deserving of life than a dog.