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RE: In defence of meat: Reflections on society, ethics, experience, and current scientific knowledge – Part II
Hard to see what rational grounds we could use to justify valuing human life more highly than that of any other animal.
Part of what I described in my post would explain this. As far as we know, animals get some enjoyment out of basic behaviors, but they don't produce meaning in life for themselves. There are sizeable differences in how humans and animals experience the world, and that translates into how we treat them differently. Taking an animal's life does not constitute harm like taking a person's life, because we aren't taking the same thing away from an animal as we are taking away from a person.