Humanity should respect animals.

[Monica]

I am saying that there should be a boundary between ethics, and other philosophical considerations. Ethical philosophy is essentially about human-human relationships. We can attempt to apply ethical principles outside of these, but it is problematic. I'm not saying it is a totally wrong approach. I'm just saying it is problematic. And the evidence of this would be the fact that despite 6000 years of ethical arguments for various dietary practices, we still haven't arrived at a general consensus.

But we have to take into consideration that humans have (hopefully!) been evolving. Many are nearing harvestability and might even be mutating. DNA is changing. The world has changed. Until recently, humans had no choice but to use animals for food and clothing, in order to survive. The game has changed. It's no longer necessary. Thus, while ethics couldn't be applied before, maybe they can be applied now.

Which is why I propose general guidelines based on ethical principles, given our spiritual disposition, rather than rigid rules applying to everyone. Killing animals for food isn't going to become illegal anytime soon, and probably never will be on a 3D planet. That's where 3D entities are at. But aren't we discussing how to prepare for 4D and beyond?

These guidelines are ethical guidelines that are based upon the concept of harm. And I wouldn't necessarily disagree with them. What I am discussing is whether ethics is the most appropriate branch of philosophy to apply to the situation.

What other branch of philosophy would you suggest?