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[–] 2 points 3 months ago*

I mean, the animals we've been killing and eating might have disagreed. This logic only works in this particular discussion if you take an explicitly anthropocentric view of morality. In which case, the dignity of the animal is not a factor in the first place.

I'm not trying to be an asshole about this, I'm having a discussion about the foundations for our morals, and the justifications for thinking something is morally good or bad. Your initial comment intimated that you think the situation in question is morally bad because you think it's grotesque and violates the animal's dignity. If dignity is a factor in the morality of it, then raping cows to produce milk is also bad.

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