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Re:Bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos by jonmrodriguez on Monday March 18, 2013 @12:48AM (#5392521)
From a utilitarian standpoint, lets suppose that a human can feel +/- 100 utils, a pig can feel +/- 50 utils, and a chicken can feel +/- 20 utils. Even with these anthropocentric weightings, factory farming might be causing enough suffering to switch life on earth from net positive happiness to net negative.
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Re:Bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos by icebraining on Monday March 18, 2013 @03:44AM (#5392952)
How says pigs get points?
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Re:Bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos by lilsunnybee on Monday March 18, 2013 @11:19AM (#5394690)
Because they have a nervous system and the same brain as you as far as registering nerve impulses. If you've ever had a pet, they give all indications that they are suffering when they're in pain. If they give all indications of experiencing pain and suffering, though they cannot communicate this to us, the simplest explanation is that they feel pain and suffering.
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