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Gedusa comments on [link] SMBC on utilitarianism and vegatarianism. - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: mkehrt 16 October 2011 03:29AM

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Comment author: Gedusa 16 October 2011 12:55:33PM 1 point [-]

Here maybe?

Comment author: Bongo 16 October 2011 09:35:33PM *  3 points [-]

It was probably that, but note that that page is not concerned with minimizing killing, but minimizing the suffering-adjusted days of life that went into your food. (Which I think is a good idea; I've used that page's stats to choose my animal products for a year now.)

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 16 October 2011 03:53:30PM 2 points [-]

Unfortunately, it seems that the best choices for which animals to eat are opposite depending on whether your goal is killing fewer animals or minimizing your carbon footprint.

Comment author: Gedusa 16 October 2011 04:39:06PM 2 points [-]

The obvious solution is to stop eating all those kinds of animal/animal products. That would satisfy CO2 concerns and killing concerns.

Of course, it might not satisfy things like fun of eating meat, ease of eating meat, health etc.