Well, you’re certainly going to get some selective reporting from this poll. Personally, I love eating meat. If it isn’t sentient now, isn’t going to become sentient in the foreseeable future, and is owned by me, then I have no moral problem with killing it. In fact, I think I could eat venison while watching Disney’s film Bambi, without it bothering me.
The word is “sapient”. Animals are sentient—which refers to their “experiencing sensation or feeling” [American Heritage Dictionary]; although I admit this is an increasingly common confusion.
I feel the same way, though I do find it a little odd that so many people believe animals are sentient, and yet are not vegetarians. (I wouldn’t eat Soylent Green even if the victims had been killed humanely!)
Well, you’re certainly going to get some selective reporting from this poll. Personally, I love eating meat. If it isn’t sentient now, isn’t going to become sentient in the foreseeable future, and is owned by me, then I have no moral problem with killing it. In fact, I think I could eat venison while watching Disney’s film Bambi, without it bothering me.
The word is “sapient”. Animals are sentient—which refers to their “experiencing sensation or feeling” [American Heritage Dictionary]; although I admit this is an increasingly common confusion.
Hear hear. Lifeforms that can’t think are munchies unless inedible or icky.
I feel the same way, though I do find it a little odd that so many people believe animals are sentient, and yet are not vegetarians. (I wouldn’t eat Soylent Green even if the victims had been killed humanely!)
Bah, anyone could do that—venison is delicious.