Health Sciences 2610F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Eating Animals, Thymus, Veganism

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2610F/G
• Professor: Ken Kirkwood

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Not sum of the pleasure, but relevant pleasure is difference in pleasure relative to pleasure that they would get from eating a plant-sourced meal. Claims that the case for not eating meat is extremely clear cut. Because animal suffering matters morally, and the good experiences that animals can have matter morally. The gain that people derive from eating animals doesn"t outweigh the harms conflicted on animals. When you"re ready to kill the animal, would the good that humans get from eating the animal, outweigh the good that the animal will have for the rest of their lives. Weigh this against what animals would be deprived off. If animal could live for another two years and enjoy its food, is the pleasure that people get from feeding off of this animal sufficient to outweigh the good that would occur in the animals life. When you bring a being into existence, you are morally responsible for their well-being.