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You would point out that individuals have value beyond the numerical value they add to a total number. You would say that it is wrong to increase the likelihood of harm to individuals simply so that...

Ok, here's my straight answer. I'm not a consequentialist, so I would not become an omnivore.

You could suggest that four of the omnivores become vegans and the fifth keeps eating meat. Exactly the same consequences! :p

If they say that's not what they want (a vegan to compromise their...

@whalespace - When I wrote 'Consumers of meat' I was referring to those who pay for and use goods and services. Not those who simply eat or drink! :)

Perhaps a better analogy for the latter...

By the time you're sitting in the restaurant, the meat is already in the freezer/pantry: the animals turned into either one or ten steaks are already dead.

It could be argued that the...

Slaughterhouse workers are 100% responsible for the deaths of the animals they kill. Consumers of meat are aiding and abetting the workers' actions (they are accessories). A person who refuses to be...

I didn't read all of the other responses, but the answer is clear-cut for me.

The person threatening the live chicken is 100% responsible for their own actions. They cannot argue with any...