Comment by altruios
6 months ago
If plants make decisions, and have preferences. Then ethically, are we not bound to consider those preferences?
Then again: nothing wants to be eaten...
Lab grown meat can't come fast enough: ethical flesh to consume.
The plant is happy to give nectar with sugar to pollinators. That means they are ok with being eaten. They are likely not ok with being damaged.
So go ahead and take the apple because it will drop otherwise. And take the fruits. If you want to go all out, go with a Jain diet system where carrots and mushrooms are not ok but mints and herbs are a-ok.
> Lab grown meat can't come fast enough
Yeah, but 6 US states have now banned it
Humans are a billion miles away from considering plant preferences
cancel culture is out of control these days
Fruit is plant flesh that is meant (designed?) to be eaten.
There's nothing unethical about eating meat, and lab grown "meat" isn't any more ethical than the real thing.
In my opinion, “I'ma eat you, coz I am more entitled to live that you are” is unethical. But then again, I also chose a plantbased diet.
It is impossible for more complex organism to live on Earth and not feast on other organisms, so you could say I should avoid eating plants too. Correct, but since I cannot avoid killing other beings, I have chosen the path of less overall suffering.
“I'ma eat you, coz I am more entitled to live that you are” is the default position for every animal out there on earth, fwiw. Would you call a harbor seal pure evil because they play with their prey and kill them brutally and slowly? Fish like Tuna are brutal killers and even kill eachother. When you study it, nature is brutal, unsavory, cold, and cruel. A human pig farmer on the other hand is remarkably benevolent a predator. They will hire a veterinarian if a pig is sick after all. They won't rip the pig apart alive limb for limb. They won't slowly kill it over the course of days.
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What is suffering and how do you measure it? How do you know that plants don't suffer? Why is less suffering more ethical?
I don't believe you've actually thought any of this through in an intellectually rigorous way. Your choices just allow you to falsely believe that you're somehow superior to people with other priorities and values.
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