NET Intensive farming and Eating meat Flashcards
arguments for eating meat
- protein intake, for health
- religious ceremonies and intructions –> abrahamic religions give humans dominion over the earth and animals (human tradition)
- humans are naturally omnivores
- animals eat eachother so we can eat them (food chain)
- delicious :(
arguments against eating meat
- animal abuse –> factory farming, overconsumption
- cow farming and methane production
- there are protein substitutes
- deforestation for farming :(, c02
- only due to convenience, people could not kill an animal themselves
- processed food :(
- Buddhism: animals have past lifes (dharmic)
advantages of intensive farming
- meets uk demands
- not weather dependent
- chicken is widely available and cheap –> meets high demand quickly
- supports the british economy
- less resources needed (eg space)
- provides alot of jobs in the factory
disadvantages of intensive farming
- antibiotic resistance
- animal welfare + QOL
- wasted meat
- disease can spread easily and quickly
- free range has better qual
- demand is too high and needs to be reduced by raising prices (could hurt economy)
- environmental implications (co2, methane, grain, animal feed, grazing land)
natural moral law and intensive farming/eating meat (synderesis rule and fellowship)
- synderesis rule: feeding population; MODERN DAY = act of murder, even though thomas aquinas had no concern due to scriptures
- idea of STEWARDSHIP over the earth, protecting gods creation and preserving animals as a result
gods purpose:
- shows love to feed population
- fellowship with god by loving his creation;
- eating meat is human design, adam is lord over all animals
natural moral law and intensive farming/eating meat (primary precepts)
- O: cheap and feeds society
- R: healthy people can reproduce
- W: animal sacrifice in hebrew scriptures ‘every little thing should be food for you’ BUT stewardship
natural moral law and intensive farming/eating meat (real and apparent goods, int/ext acts)
R+A goods
- apparent = intensive f for meat, can be real as it preserves innocent lives and provides food
- real good = eating in moderation and saving the planet as stewards
int/ext
- interior = feeding the population
- exterior = killing animals
- aquinas vs modern view on whether animals have rights
natural moral law and intensive farming/eating meat (god and reason)
- god design animals for human stewardship
- modern nml ethicists have a better understanding of what protecting the earth is
reason
- scientific understanding, climate change
- knowing what is good for the earth
situation ethics and intensive farming/eating meat (telos, situationism, agape)
telos
- source of protein –> immediate
- long term environmental impact?
situationist
- free range, healthier for people due to less antibiotic but still eating meat+ lowering environmental impact
- however more expensive so not good for everyone
agape
- affordable nutrition for all demonstrates love
- long term drawback on the future gen??
SE and intensive farming/eating meat (four working principles)
pragmatism
- practical, quick, easy meat production
relativism
- each situation considered, income? is meat consumption needed for their health/beliefs?
positivism
- gods creation/stewardship
- adams dominion, gods love = giving us animals to eat
personalism
- peoples needs are met first by intense farming
SE and intensive farming/eating meat (6 fundamental principles)
love only is always good
- not intrinsically bad
- intense farming is a cheap meal for all but environmentally bad
- situational
love is the only norm
- are decisions made with love for now and future
love = justice
- it is just that people can all access meat, so IF = just = love
love is not liking
- not about personal beliefs (vegan etc) but should love a person unconditionally
love justifies the means
- love justifies it if it demonstrates love, nutrition
love decides there and then
- cheap and affordable, about personal situation
- is cheap meat a necessity for a personal situation??
virtue ethics and intensive farming/meat consumption (teleological and eudaimonia)
telos
- environmental impact, long term
- many people can be fed cheaply
eudaimonia
- can it be reached if murder of animals is involved? - modern
- aristotle doesnt care but hursthouse says animal treatment shows virtue (aristotle vs modern)
- eudaimonia for humans only (healthy meat??)
virtue ethics and intensive farming/meat consumption (pleasure, honour, contemplation)
- pleasure, selfish for eating animal
- contemplation: considered philo + ethics issues
virtue ethics and intensive farming/meat consumption (reason)
- we are above animals so we have obligations to consider their life
virtue ethics and intensive farming/meat consumption (community)
- meat for majority, cultural eating
