I do t know why that would make them morally significant or what moral significance is supposed to mean. kant never discussed it. I don’t actually know of any ethicist who has used the phrase.
there is no causation, unless you are saying farmers and abotoir workers and food supply workers and grocers don’t have free will. but they do, so there is no causation.
“Free will doesn’t exist thus I can do whatever I want” is a horrible hill to die on. A lot of these workers are stuck in the line of work if they want to get out, slaughter house immigrants or diary farmers trying to transition to plant based agriculture. You going to the grocery store when you have the option to buy a can of chickpeas and make some curry instead of buying chicken to make some curry is immoral
I do take care of my own needs. And do the baseline of not causing unnecesary harm.
since there is no causal link between what i buy and what is produced, i’m in the same boat.
Then why do factory farms breed and murder animals?
it’s not murder.
It’s murder.
only by definitions that stretch the term to meaninglessness
Your inability to express kindness for victims doesn’t make the words meaningless. Don’t pay for murder
I dont
You do if you fund it
It’s killing another being who’s morally significant. It’s murder. Just as killing someone’s dog is murder.
i do t know what you mean by morally significant
A being who has the capacity to suffer. Depriving someone of future experiences is suffering
I do t know why that would make them morally significant or what moral significance is supposed to mean. kant never discussed it. I don’t actually know of any ethicist who has used the phrase.
It’s popular in modern philosophy discussions. It means a being who is morally valuable
Yes there is
there is no causation, unless you are saying farmers and abotoir workers and food supply workers and grocers don’t have free will. but they do, so there is no causation.
“Free will doesn’t exist thus I can do whatever I want” is a horrible hill to die on. A lot of these workers are stuck in the line of work if they want to get out, slaughter house immigrants or diary farmers trying to transition to plant based agriculture. You going to the grocery store when you have the option to buy a can of chickpeas and make some curry instead of buying chicken to make some curry is immoral
I didn’t say free will doesn’t exist. I’m saying it does. so I can’t be responsible for what other people choose to do.
You encourage those people to do it, knowling that you don’t have to
only for definitions of encourage that mean I never communicate with them at all.
You don’t have to communicate to encourage an action