As Arie pointed out, this is a terrible heuristic. But, even on its own terms, this argument doesn't work. Factory farming has not been around for millions of years, and that's what Huemer is primarily targeting.
Being more confident that animals don't have rights than he is, I think that hunting is perfectly fine, and that's how people got meat before the dawning of agriculture.
As Arie pointed out, this is a terrible heuristic. But, even on its own terms, this argument doesn't work. Factory farming has not been around for millions of years, and that's what Huemer is primarily targeting.
Being more confident that animals don't have rights than he is, I think that hunting is perfectly fine, and that's how people got meat before the dawning of agriculture.
I don't have anything against humanely farmed meat either, it's more expensive but it exists. And most North American beef cows don't have hellish lives either.
In my opinion animal advocates should encourage people to eat beef instead of poultry, eat less meat, and refrain from buying factory farmed eggs. That's a much easier sell than veganism and it eliminates the vast majority of animal suffering from your diet.
I like the Whole Foods approach espoused by John Mackey myself. Just picked up a copy of his Whole Foods Cookbook a few weeks ago. I’ve yet to delve into it though. Maybe Prof. Huemer should do a post on it.
As Arie pointed out, this is a terrible heuristic. But, even on its own terms, this argument doesn't work. Factory farming has not been around for millions of years, and that's what Huemer is primarily targeting.
Being more confident that animals don't have rights than he is, I think that hunting is perfectly fine, and that's how people got meat before the dawning of agriculture.
But hunting cannot support the human population in 2024. Thus farming.
I don't have anything against humanely farmed meat either, it's more expensive but it exists. And most North American beef cows don't have hellish lives either.
In my opinion animal advocates should encourage people to eat beef instead of poultry, eat less meat, and refrain from buying factory farmed eggs. That's a much easier sell than veganism and it eliminates the vast majority of animal suffering from your diet.
I like the Whole Foods approach espoused by John Mackey myself. Just picked up a copy of his Whole Foods Cookbook a few weeks ago. I’ve yet to delve into it though. Maybe Prof. Huemer should do a post on it.
Here’s a moderate perspective that we might find agreement on. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5726712/