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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 9 of 13

Animal Ethics

So, even if animals are killed painlessly and raised for food in humane ways, it is wrong to kill them. KBJ: There are two types of rights: autonomy rights, which protect autonomy, and welfare rights, which protect interests. In particular, it has been argued that animals have a right to life.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

But the wrongness and vileness of factory farming does not show that eating meat is morally wrong, because it is theoretically possible to raise animals outdoors in idyllic settings, to give them wonderful, enjoyable, rich lives, and then after 6 months to a year of such blissful existence, to kill them entirely painlessly.