Squaring the Irrational Search for Micrograms with "vegan" do-nothingism
On 4/7/2012 11:29 PM, Rupert wrote:
> On Apr 7, 6:03 pm, George > wrote:
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>>>>> What do you suppose would motivate the search if they didn't believe
>>>>> (falsely) that it was the best way of trying to reduce harm to
>>>>> animals? How would you make sense of what they are doing if they
>>>>> didn't have that belief?
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>>>> They believe that by being vegan they achieve a certain moral standing and
>>>> by consuming any animal parts at all they are tainted and that moral
>>>> standing is threatened. They perceive it as the idea being "repulsive" or
>>>> something to that effect.
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>>> How would they be able to sustain the belief that they thereby obtain
>>> a certain moral standing if they didn't believe that that was the best
>>> way to reduce harm to animals?
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>> Your question is absurd. Their belief about the effect and sufficiency
>> of "veganism" is false, and therefore so is their belief about their
>> moral standing.
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> But they do have the belief,
It's nothing but a façade; completely unreal. All they really have is
their own ego. All they care about is themselves.
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