>>101192A higher ethical capacity is only possible with a higher level of intellectual capability. I don't know if it's true that goats do/don't have a sense of right and wrong, but they do seem to experience pain. I don't think it's fair to harm something just because it lacks the capacity to realize its wrongdoings. It's creating an impossible test for the goat to justify its own demise.
A stronger counterpoint might be to only eat animals that do not experience 'pain' as we do. Supposedly fish don't feel pain, so sustainably sourced salmon may be acceptable.
>>101189That's fine, but it's not necessary to eat meat every day. For millennia, people lived eating meat only occasionally, which is why we are so omnivorous. You could easily live having meat once per week (even once per month), and you'd simultaneously be doing a world of good for the planet. Reducing the demand for meat may also improve the conditions for these animals (unless of course crapitalists continue to cram creatures into the same per-capita area, which sadly may be the case).
If you feel sympathy for the animals in op's documentary, then you are lying to yourself if you find any way to justify the continuation of this cruelty. Of course, logically speaking, if you don't feel sympathy for the animals then I don't expect you to stop eating meat, however you may stop doing so anyway for other reasons.
