Is it ethical for a vegan to own a cat as a pet since these animals require meat to live?
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Of course it is 馃槀
@sexyjigsaw Erm if they put their diet onto the pet no, no it is not.
@BritishFailedAesthetic of course. I agree with you 100%
@sexyjigsaw
But owning a cat requires them to participate in an industry which at beast kills and often tortures animals.
Why is it ethical to make the choice to own a pet which would require that cruelty?
But owning a cat requires them to participate in an industry which at beast kills and often tortures animals.
Why is it ethical to make the choice to own a pet which would require that cruelty?
@Pikachu because there is no control over the diet of the cat and vegans cannot make a carnivore die because they removed its natural diet. Therefore, there is no moral obligation to change the cat's diet. There actually cannot be. Some things have to be respected
Knowing that, it looks like your question is talking about the [b]moral consistency[/b] of vegans with how viciously they request anything and everything to stop participating even remotely because of their classic arguments that any and all suffering of [b]only[/b] non-plant and animate creatures that can feel pain are to never be killed because suffering to them has been classified as the highest violation. (Which has its problems).
Regardless, if this is the angle of approach for this question, then I spot a clear contradiction between being vegan and saying you can never cause animal suffering and then have a carnivore whose entire diet is literally based on the suffering of another animal because that's what predators eat.
Knowing that, it looks like your question is talking about the [b]moral consistency[/b] of vegans with how viciously they request anything and everything to stop participating even remotely because of their classic arguments that any and all suffering of [b]only[/b] non-plant and animate creatures that can feel pain are to never be killed because suffering to them has been classified as the highest violation. (Which has its problems).
Regardless, if this is the angle of approach for this question, then I spot a clear contradiction between being vegan and saying you can never cause animal suffering and then have a carnivore whose entire diet is literally based on the suffering of another animal because that's what predators eat.
@sexyjigsaw
[quote]then I spot a clear contradiction between being vegan and saying you can never cause animal suffering and then have a carnivore whose entire diet is literally based on the suffering of another animal[/quote]
So you'd say that it is unethical for a vegan to own a cat?
[quote]then I spot a clear contradiction between being vegan and saying you can never cause animal suffering and then have a carnivore whose entire diet is literally based on the suffering of another animal[/quote]
So you'd say that it is unethical for a vegan to own a cat?
@Pikachu yeah, based on that principle. But then again, the sticky part here is that I cannot really hold a vegan to impose that principle on animals
It all depends on if carnivores get the pass, which they should. But carnivores inherently violate vegan principles against animal suffering.
It all depends on if carnivores get the pass, which they should. But carnivores inherently violate vegan principles against animal suffering.
@sexyjigsaw
Well i absolutely agree that you can't impose a vegan diet on an animal that needs meat.
Well i absolutely agree that you can't impose a vegan diet on an animal that needs meat.