I am anthromorphizing, but I don’t know what it’s like to think like a cow. Actually, I’m doing more than just anthromorphizing- I’m (for the moment) assuming cows think like I do, as opposed to how some generic human might. While this is imperfect, assuming someone thinks like I do tends to be my first step in trying to empathize with them. I do try and modify how I’m thinking about this to match the cow as much as I can (for example, I would become unhappy if I never got to read books, but I don’t think I need to leave a library in the pasture!) but the core of my empathy is based on how my own brain works.
How many cows march on cruelty-free farms and how many march on non-cruelty-free farms?
Offhand, I’d guess half a percent of all cows that wind up as hamburger are on a cruelty-free farm. If when ordering a hamburger it was completely impossible to determine where the meat was coming from, then this would be an important point. Since I can find out where the meat is coming from, I can buy from the half a percent that is.
I am anthromorphizing, but I don’t know what it’s like to think like a cow. Actually, I’m doing more than just anthromorphizing- I’m (for the moment) assuming cows think like I do, as opposed to how some generic human might. While this is imperfect, assuming someone thinks like I do tends to be my first step in trying to empathize with them. I do try and modify how I’m thinking about this to match the cow as much as I can (for example, I would become unhappy if I never got to read books, but I don’t think I need to leave a library in the pasture!) but the core of my empathy is based on how my own brain works.
Offhand, I’d guess half a percent of all cows that wind up as hamburger are on a cruelty-free farm. If when ordering a hamburger it was completely impossible to determine where the meat was coming from, then this would be an important point. Since I can find out where the meat is coming from, I can buy from the half a percent that is.