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Automobiles replacing horses: ethical consequences (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 years ago by cqthca@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Did automobiles replacing horses, diminishing horse population, diminishing horse suffering -- as a consequence of work forced upon the animals. Is that moral win for horses; less suffering? Although their population is vastly smaller than 130 years ago.

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[–] cqthca@reddthat.com [S] 1 point 2 years ago

it is obviously better to never have been. Not even sure we are now. Boltzmann Brains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain

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