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Quote by: pahl  So you both agree to that, but isent that the arguement for not eating animals? If you had the ability to choose between killing an animal and a plant, which would you choose? Obviously the plant is less sentient, so by that reasoning you should kill the plant, because either is sufficient for your survival. |
A person's values are complex. Someone who values sentience, and values higher levels of sentience and intelligence over lower levels, may also value the taste of meat.
To that person, the taste of meat may be of greater value than his concern over the suffering of an animal.