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After_Kick_4543 t1_itmvt61 wrote

Reply to comment by Meta_Digital in Lab-grown meat could let humanity ignore a serious moral failing by phileconomicus

How about one along the lines of I am part of nature and I am an animal, no matter how smart I may be to deny my nature is to deny myself? Plus animals can be treated well and still killed for meat.

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Meta_Digital t1_itmwmsk wrote

Sure, I think there's actually a compelling argument that we're animals and this goes beyond ethics to some degree. I don't think this is an excuse to escape entirely from ethics, but I do think it serves as a framework for understanding our own limitations when enforcing upon ourselves a rigorous and unforgiving ethical mandate.

Should the lack of a defense for meat eating eradicate all meat consumption? I think that's an interesting question honestly, and I suspect that addressing it helps to also calm the fears of meat lovers who feel threatened by calls for vegetarianism or veganism.

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After_Kick_4543 t1_itmxvwq wrote

Yeah no for sure just cause we eat meat doesn’t mean we should treat the animals we eat terribly while they’re alive and that we shouldn’t balance the benefits of eating meat with the moral, practical, and environment costs. I just don’t feel the idea of completely getting rid of one of our basic food sources makes sense.

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Meta_Digital t1_itmyo12 wrote

Personally I eat meat, though not very often. This is consistent with a lot of humans throughout history and it's very easy to maintain a healthy diet doing it. It's what I would advocate as the next step. As I see it, advocating for veganism is a little like advocating for communism. It might be something that is easily possible in the distant future, but we need to take steps if we wish to one day get there. It would be a radical reorganization of the food industry to shift to my diet, much less a fully vegetarian one.

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