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Lukas_Gloor comments on Pay other people to go vegetarian for you? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lukas_Gloor 13 April 2013 11:54:37PM *  -1 points [-]

"Don't kill people" is a pretty obvious moral schelling point that everyone can agree on.

So is "don't inflict suffering". At least some part of what people consider bad about killing is that it can be painful or that it causes sadness in others.

I find it interesting that when it comes to eating animals, people usually focus on killing, even though most veg*ans I know care primarily about preventing suffering.

Comment author: ModusPonies 18 April 2013 05:41:52AM 1 point [-]

So is "don't inflict suffering".

I know zero people who would be capable of meeting that standard. On the other hand, "don't kill people" is pretty easy. Schelling points are about actual behavior, not professed behavior.

Comment author: Lukas_Gloor 18 April 2013 01:15:44PM 0 points [-]

Oh, thanks for pointing that out! In that case my example was indeed the opposite of one.