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Pfft 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: Pfft 18 October 2011 09:13:04PM 3 points [-]

One difference between cows and humans is that humans have a preference about the continued existence of mankind, while cows are presumably unaware of and indifferent to the existence of cow-kind. A lot of the persuasive force of the argument comes from the feeling that "we wouldn't like it if they did it to us" -- but the cows would not feel the same dislike.