Timeline for What are good arguments against the moral case for vegetarianism?
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| Jul 19, 2017 at 15:01 | comment | added | Imean H | Another counter-argument to my post could be that people who choose to become vegetarians often inspire others to do the same (indeed, outside-influences are the primary reason people become vegans and vegetarians, according to most polls), and thus, while the direct effect of a single individual on animal suffering may be minimal, there's a snowball effect to consider here. | |
| Jul 19, 2017 at 12:35 | comment | added | Olivier | Yet I agree that the simplifications in the consequentialist argument are exaggerated. Your argument is also developped in this opinion piece. | |
| Jul 19, 2017 at 12:28 | comment | added | Olivier | If the state of the world wouldn't change unless everybody made a positive action, then consequentialism would be deficient. This is not how the world works, thankfully. Individual actions, through spendings, are picked up to the decimal place by companies in order to make informed decisions. The formula used by supermarkets to calculate how much meat to buy will pick up the difference made by a single individual. | |
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| Jul 18, 2017 at 17:30 | history | answered | Imean H | CC BY-SA 3.0 |