/lit/ - Literature

>>14104374
>Veganism and 'animal rights' is idealistic bullshit with no bearing in reality and no consistent ethics.

Consumer choice is essentially the only really consistent choice we have. Veganism is a very practical worldview, easy applicable.

Veganism is also very consistent. Inconsistency lies on the carnivore-side, which holds these contradicting premises to be true: (1) It is morally neutral to kill animals, (2) Animals can suffer, (3) It is morally bad to cause needless suffering

>When a monkey invents space travel, or a cow creates a great work of art/literature, maybe you'll have a point.

Have you invented space travel? Have you created a great work of art? Can I kill you?

Even supposing you have, does that mean I can kill the vast majority who can't do these things. Or supposing you reduce the bar somewhat to some entry-level standard of intelligence; does that mean I can kill children and mentally disabled people?

Intelligence is not a good standard for whether murder is justified. The useful metric is suffering; we should ask: "does x have the capability to suffer?"