🔷️🌿🌼🌿🔷️@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoIs it more moral to source leather from cows or humans?sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down18
arrow-up1123arrow-down1external-linkIs it more moral to source leather from cows or humans?sh.itjust.works🔷️🌿🌼🌿🔷️@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years 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-up4·2 years 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…
Finally, humane child slaughter