On Feb 29, 5:34*am, wrote:
> On Feb 27, 3:34*pm, Buxqi > wrote:
>
> I would draw the line at the worms in the compost. Why should anyone
> have the right to limit another's freedom?

My approach to ethics never asks "why should I be
allowed to do X" unless a reason why I shouldn't has
been given. What freedoms are denied when a dog is
trained towards some useful to human's purpose or
when a hen's unfertilized eggs are eaten by us?
Why are such freedoms important?

> I also think there is a clearly significant difference between
> intentional harm and unintentional harm

Sure. If we were talking between the difference between harm
caused out of ignorance or stupidity and harm caused out
of malice, I wouldn't even have raised the issue. However,
given that it is somewhat predictable that in the course of
commercial crop production, wildlife will be harmed it is
harder to show that the difference has practical significance.

Indeed some of the harm is quite deliberate. Spraying crops
to kill insect pests, introducing myxomatosis into the wild
rabbit population and the use of mousetraps are good
examples of that.