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Pro-Life, Pro-Animal | The conscience of a pro-life, vegan conservative | National Review (www.nationalreview.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stabby_cicada to c/vegan

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[–] stabby_cicada 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

While I'm not pro-life, I think this is a fascinating - and eloquent - discussion of an obvious point: if you oppose abortion because it ends an "innocent life" that has never been conscious or sapient, how much more should you oppose the torture, execution, and consumption of beings that are not only innocent but also conscious and sapient?

Pro-life conservatives should be vegan if they want to be morally consistent.

So should everyone else.

[–] konki@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you mean "sentient". I don't think we have any reason to believe animals are sapient, nor should it have any bearing on their moral value.

[–] stabby_cicada 6 points 1 year ago

Nope. I said sapient, and I mean sapient. The animals we typically raise for food - cows, pigs, sheep, chickens - are conscious, intelligent beings capable of reasoning and decision making.

You are correct that all sentient life has moral value and deserves respect, but let's not downgrade the sapience of our livestock species and the moral horror of their treatment.

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