I’ve been discussing with my sister (a big fan of her cats) about what lives we would save in an emergency. I think a human live is worth more than an animal’s no question asked but she thinks otherwhise. So to end this discussion I’m writing here.

  1. Who would you save between your cat and your worst enemy?
  2. What if it was between your cat and a stranger?
  3. Why?
  • Chainweasel@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Honestly, I don’t think eating meat is wrong, as long as you actually use it for food. But Killing for fun or for trophies is wrong because it’s wasting a life. It’s kind of a “use the whole buffalo” philosophy I Guess. I think factory farming is wrong,
    I’m a big fan of lab grown meat,
    I learn heavily towards seafood but I don’t abstain from red meat.

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      2 months ago

      Haha, we responded at like the same time lol. Wild.

      And fair on all counts, but it does seem at odds to an “a life is a life” position, no?

      Like, I’d assume you would be more upset if they were farming humans for meat than you are that they raise chickens and cows for meat, no?

      And are you against all farming, or just factory farming? If an old school farmer raises a cow in a field, and then kills and eats it, is that acceptable?

      And are fish’s lives not valuable? Less valuable than a chicken’s or a cow’s? It’s still a life, no?

      I’m truly not trying to be combative. I’m actively trying to understand how to jive these two positions.