sundray@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoDo animals have emotions like us?lemmus.orgimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1790arrow-down114file-text
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minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·4 days ago if you grant plants sentience, veganism is still the more ethical option. … for ethical systems in which sentience is a consideration.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoWhich ethical systems don’t consider sentience?! Big yikes.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·4 days agoI can only think of one that does: utilitarianism. it’s frought with epistemic problems not to mention it can be summed up “the ends justify the means” which most people think is itself unethical.
… for ethical systems in which sentience is a consideration.
Which ethical systems don’t consider sentience?! Big yikes.
I can only think of one that does: utilitarianism. it’s frought with epistemic problems not to mention it can be summed up “the ends justify the means” which most people think is itself unethical.