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Default The myth of food production "efficiency" in the "ar" debate

On Thu, 31 May 2007 18:42:15 GMT, "Dutch" > wrote:

><dh@.> wrote
>> On Wed, 30 May 2007 20:33:16 GMT, "Dutch" > wrote:
>>
>>><dh@.> wrote
>>>> On Fri, 25 May 2007 18:50:37 GMT, Goo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>The correct way to analyze efficiency of production is
>>>>>to focus as narrowly as possible on the end product
>>>>
>>>> And of course in the case of livestock, the lives of
>>>> the animals themselves should also always be given
>>>> much consideration.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>No, the welfare of the animals should be given consideration, not "the
>>>lives".

>>
>> In order to consider whether or not it is cruel to *the animals*
>> for them the be raised for food, their lives plus the quality of their
>> lives necessarily MUST be given consideration.

>
>Why? If they are not made to suffer then it's not cruel to them. "Their
>lives", apart from the quality of those lives, is of no moral consequence.


So you selfishly continue to insist, without being able to explain
why. Why do you think it's ethically superior not to consider what
the animals gain?