✧✨🌿Allo🌿✨✧@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoIs it more moral to source leather from cows or humans?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down114
arrow-up1195arrow-down1imageIs it more moral to source leather from cows or humans?sh.itjust.works✧✨🌿Allo🌿✨✧@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoDepends on the cow and the human. If a cow is a dick and harming other cows, moral. If the human lives a modest life and pursues charitable acts to make themself happy, immoral.
minus-squareDarthFrodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoI feel like if a child with a similar level of cognition as the cow harms other children, most people will say they have no moral agency yet, and will still see harvesting their leather as immoral. There are two ways to resolve that inconsistency…
Depends on the cow and the human.
If a cow is a dick and harming other cows, moral.
If the human lives a modest life and pursues charitable acts to make themself happy, immoral.
I feel like if a child with a similar level of cognition as the cow harms other children, most people will say they have no moral agency yet, and will still see harvesting their leather as immoral.
There are two ways to resolve that inconsistency…