heredami comments on Open Thread, October 13 - 19, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion
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That's a worthwhile concern, but I personally wouldn't make the distinction between animal-utilons and human-utilons. I would just try to maximize utilons for conscious beings in general. Pigs, cows, chicken and other farm animals belong in that category, mosquitoes, insects and jellyfish don't. That's also why I think eating insects is on par with vegetarianism because you're not really hurting any conscious beings.