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Should we save animals? | Jeffrey Sebo

Brain in a Vat

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Animal Environmental Activists Aren't Violent Any Way

Animal environmental activists are, in fact, non violent people. And it is only because how radical their political visions are that they are often framed as 'violent and interrorist' In theory, if i can kill one to save five, all else being equal, yes, i will kill one tosave five. But you ought to consider social and legal and political and economic reprecussions. Ye ought to consider the fact that even if this person stops killing animals, some one else might just start killing more animals to take their place. We should maintain a non violent stand for strategic reasons, if nothing else. It actually does make sense, even for a utilitarian, to draw a whine in

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