Karl@literature.cafe to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIs it morally wrong to be non-vegetarian?message-squaremessage-square288linkfedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down148
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareIs it morally wrong to be non-vegetarian?Karl@literature.cafe to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square288linkfedilink
minus-squareCottonSeed@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago the premise that plants are as conscious as animals. I never claimed that
minus-squareRedacted@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI never claimed that you did, but you joined in on a comment chain in which that was the central argument.
minus-squareCottonSeed@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoand I refuted your refutation. I am not defending their claim, I’m attacking yours.
minus-squareRedacted@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhich claim exactly are you attacking then?
minus-squareRedacted@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI already addressed that… Even if we accept that consciousness is “not conclusively proven”, science doesn’t work by requiring 100% certainty before we apply ethical standards; it works by weight of evidence.
minus-squareCottonSeed@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago science doesn’t work by requiring 100% certainty before we apply ethical standards; it works by weight of evidence. science doesn’t dictate ethics at all.
I never claimed that
I never claimed that you did, but you joined in on a comment chain in which that was the central argument.
and I refuted your refutation. I am not defending their claim, I’m attacking yours.
Which claim exactly are you attacking then?
I already addressed that… Even if we accept that consciousness is “not conclusively proven”, science doesn’t work by requiring 100% certainty before we apply ethical standards; it works by weight of evidence.
science doesn’t dictate ethics at all.