• threeduck
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    10 months ago

    What is the definition of ethical? Can killing something that doesn’t want to die be considered ethical? Does “but they’re yummy” work as a valid excuse to violating the definition of “ethical”?

    • UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      For example humanity has decimated predators and now needs to hunt just for population control. I consider every kill to protect the environment and keep populations stable 100% ethical.

      That aside: Everything dies and if it’s not by getting mauled that’s a plus already. For me it depends on what the tradeoff for that is to be considered ethical.