Vegans kill animals too

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Thu Mar 14 19:16:25 PST 2002


----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Seay" <entheogens at yahoo.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 9:51 AM Subject: Re: Vegans kill animals too


> I am not unsympathetic to the moral concerns of
> vegetarians/vegans. However, if you pursue the line
> of reasoning far enough, you have to ask about the
> morality of killing plants. After all, they are
> living beings too, aren't they? And just because they
> do not have a complex nervous system, does that mean
> they should be eaten?

Yes, the fact that it appears that no plants can feel pain while many animals do feel pain seems to be a morally relevant distinction.

-- Luke



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