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Eating Stupid Pigs
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 3:02 pm
by Philosophy Now
Marco Kaisth asks, could radical genetic engineering create ethical factory farms?
https://philosophynow.org/issues/119/Eating_Stupid_Pigs
Re: Eating Stupid Pigs
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 8:30 pm
by philosophile
I don't disagree with anything in the article, except the conclusion.
Something that is more moral, doesn't mean that it is morally good to the alternatives. It might be more moral to raise stupid pygs. but pygs will no doubt still experience pain and suffering in modern factory farms, which are unnecessarily cruel. As moral agents, we have an obligation to minimize unnecessary suffering, so we have an obligation to minimize pyg suffering just as much as pig suffering.
The harder question would be if we engineered pygs with no brains, so that they wouldn't be able to feel anything. This I would actually find morally acceptable.
Re: Eating Stupid Pigs
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 10:01 pm
by Impenitent
dining on brilliant swine sounds unappetizing as well...
-Imp