Re:World’s first octopus farm stirs ethical debate
by atdrummond on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:03AM
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Personally, if I have to eat an animal, I'd much rather focus first and foremost on eating the creature that has been killed in as painless, immediate and stressless a way as possible. If choosing between meat options that all have been relatively humanely slaughtered, then I might start to look at other factors such as intelligence or environmental impact of a particular species being raised for food.
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Re:World’s first octopus farm stirs ethical debate
by kuhewa on Friday February 25, 2022 @06:17AM
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That seems like a reasonable heuristic and I understand why someone might feel drawn to put a greater inherent value on intelligent species on an emotional level, but I just don't see the relevance of intelligence in and of itself in terms of ethics.
Re:World’s first octopus farm stirs ethical debate
by dr_dshiv on Friday February 25, 2022 @07:34AM
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The problem is harming sentient, conscious creatures. No consciousness, no problem. More consciousness, more problem. Intelligence is not the same as consciousness, but they are highly correlated.