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Highlights: #185 – Lewis Bollard on the 7 most promising ways to end factory farming, and whether AI is going to be good or bad for animals
May 2, 2024
Lewis Bollard discusses strategies to end factory farming and the impact of AI on animals. Topics include: ethical justifications for factory farming, emotional capacities of animals, corporate campaigns in animal advocacy, fish welfare challenges and improvements, globalized standardization in factory farming, and emerging advocacy in Asian countries.
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Quick takeaways
- Factory farming is ethically indefensible due to lack of philosophical justification.
- Incremental reforms in animal advocacy may not lead to the end of factory farming.
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Philosophical Defense Against Factory Farming
Philosophically, factory farming is considered indefensible, with minimal philosophical objections raised against it. Even renowned philosophers like Roger Scruton have acknowledged the indefensibility of factory farming. The lack of reasoned defense for factory farming indicates a recognition of its ethical wrongness, attributed largely to inertia and the status quo.
