King@lemy.lol to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agoIs it ethical to eat fish?message-squaremessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareIs it ethical to eat fish?King@lemy.lol to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square129fedilinkfile-text
I understand when people speak about the ethical problems with eating meat, but I think they do not apply to fish.
minus-squareintensely_humanlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoThere is loss of fish experience I guess. Or, lack of it. There is no fishly life being lived out, after you quietly kill the fish. But then who are we to not spawn as many fish as possible, to maximize this good called a fish’s life? What if we kill the fish without pain or warning, and cause two new fish to be born. Does it pay for the killing of the fish?
minus-squareCall me Lenny/LenilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoIt pays back to the world but not to the fish whose life we took. They will forever have to deal with unjust effects inflicted upon them.
minus-squareintensely_humanlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoWhen the fish is dead it doesn’t have to deal with anything
minus-squareCall me Lenny/LenilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThe same can be said for when anything is dead, but that doesn’t mean it’s enough to make us choose death.
minus-squareintensely_humanlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoWhen the fish is dead it doesn’t have to deal with anything
minus-squareCall me Lenny/LenilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThe same can be said for when anything is dead, but that doesn’t mean it’s enough to make us choose death.
There is loss of fish experience I guess. Or, lack of it. There is no fishly life being lived out, after you quietly kill the fish.
But then who are we to not spawn as many fish as possible, to maximize this good called a fish’s life?
What if we kill the fish without pain or warning, and cause two new fish to be born. Does it pay for the killing of the fish?
It pays back to the world but not to the fish whose life we took. They will forever have to deal with unjust effects inflicted upon them.
When the fish is dead it doesn’t have to deal with anything
The same can be said for when anything is dead, but that doesn’t mean it’s enough to make us choose death.
When the fish is dead it doesn’t have to deal with anything
The same can be said for when anything is dead, but that doesn’t mean it’s enough to make us choose death.