**Now is the summer of our discotheque** @Elizafox · Apr 13, 2017, 18:12

**Now is the summer of our discotheque** @Elizafox · Apr 13, 2017, 18:12

Now is the summer of our discotheque @Elizafox

Apr 13, 2017, 18:12

Now is the summer of our discotheque @Elizafox

Ethics of eating animals with no brain Show more

In college I had to take creative writing. We were required to create a satirical essay.

Mine was about breeding anencephalic animals (animals without a brain) to reduce animal cruelty, which would be put on a form of life support.

My premise was that since people haven't stopped eating meat because of the ethical concerns, so to alleviate them another way, we could breed animals that were basically bags of meat.

I wanted people to think about it.

**Now is the summer of our discotheque** @Elizafox · Apr 13, 2017, 18:14

**Now is the summer of our discotheque** @Elizafox · Apr 13, 2017, 18:14

Apr 13, 2017, 18:14

Now is the summer of our discotheque @Elizafox

Ethics of eating animals with no brain Show more

Animals with no brain would possess no ability for perception of pain.

They wouldn't experience fear.

They'd experience nothing because they had no brain.

It should be theoretically ethical to eat them.

People born without brains aren't considered legally alive. If you have no self-awareness you're just a body.

My point wasn't that we should breed such animals. It would be expensive. People would be horrified even though it's more ethical.

**brwarner** @brwarner@octodon.social · Apr 13, 2017, 18:16

**brwarner** @brwarner@octodon.social · Apr 13, 2017, 18:16

Apr 13, 2017, 18:16

brwarner @brwarner@octodon.social

Ethics of eating animals with no brain Show more

@Elizafox Agreed it would be more ethical. Not sure it'd be more resource efficient/environmentally friendly, which is another reason for not eating meat.

**Now is the summer of our discotheque** @Elizafox · 2017-04-13T18:29:48Z

Now is the summer of our discotheque @Elizafox

Ethics of eating animals with no brain Show more

@brwarner My point was actually more for harm reduction.

People don't want to stop eating meat.

People know the ethical implications and the sad part is... they don't care.

My point was to make people think about it from a new perspective.

People prefer not to think about where their food comes from yet eating is something we do multiple times a day, and aside from breathing and drinking, is the most important thing you do.

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