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Quote by: Captain Chaos  So, if we treat them well before we kill them, then the pain and suffering could be eliminated?
As for deprivation of life, that is essentially restating the question. So, why is it wrong to deprive animals of life? |
It is not restating the question because it speaks to ownership. Ownership of life belongs to each animal and to take that deprives them of that. I am well aware that theoretically one`s life can be taken without pain or suffering, but that still does not address the Principle of Equal Consideration of Interests. We have an interest in retaining ownership of our lives and so do animals. I specifically put "deprivation of life" in there not to restate the question but to cover ownership which the simple term "kill" does not put forth/imply.
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Instincts drive us to regard murder as wrong
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Then why is there so much of it and why do we need laws against it?
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- but those instincts clearly do not drive many people to regard the murder of animals as wrong.
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You are resorting to the argument of "majority rules." If it is a shifting perception, then how is it "instinct"? At one time your prejudicial use of the word instinct based on time did not drive man to look upon slavery/exploitation of man as property as wrong or even murder (look at the violent societies of primitive man in the not distant past whose biology was already the same as ours is now) -- but he did move away from it. But, only laws keep us from resorting to it. So, is slavery/exploitation instinctive if artificial controls are not in place?