They don’t have a brain really and kinda just float there. Do they even feel pain?

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    There is an assumption here that i don’t think of right and wrong. Which isn’t true, as evidenced by this entire comment chain. My morality is based off of my conscience, and it has a final say in how i act. But I still think and explore ethically difficult situations to determine what is right, wrong, or grayish.

    I just didnt describe my entire ethical schema, because, as i said i am lazy. Lazy and self-aware enough to know that there is not much i can or will do to improve the morality of meat consumption. And honestly, that specific problem is pretty low on my list of ethical dilemmas. But it’s fun to talk about.

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      Rereading the chain I see misread the original comments, my bad.

      Lazy and self-aware enough to know that there is not much i can or will do to improve the morality of meat consumption.

      You can stop eating meat? That seems to be a fix that puts you squarely into better moral territory. Unless you think the killing, torturous treatment and rape is moral. It’s your choice whether you want to do something, but it I object to the word can here.

      In general, just having conscience as a guiding ethical compass leaves you open to many logical inconsistencies. Would you agree?