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On Compassionate Carnivores and Betrayal

Animal Person

There's no "compassion" in the process. It's impersonal and hideously ugly and the animals suffer greatly. No factory farms, no large-scale operations where animals are crammed together under a roof, never to see the light of day. No argument here. You can't (at least not in a meaningful way). It's just not right.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

And thanks to federal corn and soybean subsidies, factory farms saved an estimated $3.9 It’s time that our tax dollars no longer finance the inhumane conditions—for workers and animals and the climate—of factory farms. Mr. Kristof is attuned to issues of human suffering and injustice. We know that animals suffer as well.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

He thinks that the treatment of animals in factory farms is morally unjustifiable, and yet, he continues to support those practices financially by purchasing and eating meat and animal products. It goes something like this: Yes, I agree that factory farming is morally unjustifiable and ought to be abolished.