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[Ethics] Why do people condemn Zoophilia on the basis of other animal's inability to consent but those same people kill animals without asking for their consent? Why such inconsistency? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by when@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] YoureHotCupCake@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No one has to eat meat, in fact with all the space used for animals we could produce way more food instead.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Cool idea: don't presuppose what literally every human needs based on your narrow worldview. Without significant animal fat and protein I wouldn't be able live.

No, I'm not going to get into specifics, but also, no, I cannot get my current nutritional needs (and still desire to eat) by cutting animal products and biproducts in my diet.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No one has to eat meat

People with crohn's or colostomy bags would disagree.

in fact with all the space used for animals we could produce way more food instead.

The space used for animals is grassland and doesn't have the right soil to be cropland. i.e. if all animals disappeared tomorrow we wouldn't get any more cropland at all.

[–] RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With one exception being the animals that are fed with crops.

We wouldn't grow more crops in total, but more would be available for human consumption.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We wouldn’t grow more crops in total, but more would be available for human consumption.

The bulk of animal food from crops isn't human edible, i.e. the leftover waste. Cows have an amazing ruminant digestive system that can process plant food that humans can't!