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emotivism. when i eat burger i say "yay", when you fuck animal i say "boo"
Why such opposite reaction? X commited murder for its benefit and Y commited rape for its benefit. Both have dismissed the "consent of animals" for their respective benefits. You can either condone both or condemn both.
i am not claiming one is right and the other is wrong. i am simply claiming that, for reasons outside of my control, eating meat evokes a positive emotion within me while zoophilia evokes a negative emotion. just like i cannot help it when i find vanilla ice cream more delicious than chocolate ice cream, i cannot help it when i experience a positive emotion when eating meat and a negative emotion when confronted with zoophilia. i am not making a factual statement about reality, i am just expressing my emotions and letting that guide my sense of morality. and i am a mere observer of my emotions, not their author.