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Originally posted by Auraeolux
You think your feelings for your dog is equivalent to to those of your laptop?
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I think it's hypocritical to pick and choose what are and aren't good reasons to kill an animal if you believe they have an inherent right to life. If you are a vegetarian and are anti-fur, so be it, I respect that stance, but don't tell me that an animal has an inherent right to life in one context and suddenly doesn't in another based on some brand of utilitarianism. I don't care for fur, but I'm not going to let my personal taste/interests dictate my perception of what's moral and what isn't. I won't hesitate to eat a steak, so if some fashionista wants a fur coat I'm in no position to tell her she's morally wrong to do it since I have implicitly accepted the tenet that animals don't have an inherent right to life based on the fact that I eat meat.
Of course I love my dog more than I love my laptop, but it's still a possession that only has whatever value the owner personally assigns to it, much like any other possession. I'm not going to judge cultures that eat dogs (even though it'd be weird for me) simply because they assign a different value to the animal because that would be hypocritical of me as a meat-eater.
Vegetarians, feel free to continue your outrage. You are consistent in your approach to animal rights.