04-30-2012, 03:04 PM
Re: individuation -- here's my take: Both plants and animals have the potential to be individuated. Plants and animals grown for food tend not to be individuated.
Your argument seems to be that if an entity has begun the process of individuation, then it is morally wrong to kill and eat that entity. Correct?
Re: suffering -- it's a long ways from being stepped on to being killed and eaten.
Re: house plants -- no, of course they don't kill and eat the houseplant, just like they don't kill and eat the pet. That was my point.
Your argument seems to be that if an entity has begun the process of individuation, then it is morally wrong to kill and eat that entity. Correct?
Re: suffering -- it's a long ways from being stepped on to being killed and eaten.
Re: house plants -- no, of course they don't kill and eat the houseplant, just like they don't kill and eat the pet. That was my point.