First of all, I may owe this thread a confession of emotional hypocrisy. I was visiting someone this morning, and I rode up in an elevator with a nice old guy who had the cutest little Chihuahua puppy evah! It was all excited to see me, and I petted it, and it licked my hand, and awww... I want one! But I will overrule that emotion for rational reasons.
People can not be trusted to do the right thing. |
Obviously, but some people are more trustworthy than others. The only rational way to tell (how trustworthy someone is) is by projecting from their past actions. There's nothing wrong with going vegan for health or other reasons, but making sacrifices (exchanging greater value for lesser) because of your emotional attachment to animals is a moral flaw, and a major negative for their trustworthiness rating.
Not all vegitarians are nazis, nor are they all irrational |
Like I've said in the first post, using (or not using) animals for your benefit is morally neutral, but making sacrifices based on this irrational emotion of misplaced pity is immoral. This isn't to say that it should be illegal, what you do with your property is your right, but reasonable people should avoid people who hold irrational emotions in such high esteem. That's the point of this thread.
Furthermore, forcing others to make sacrifices based on your irrational emotions, which is what "animal rights" movement is all about, is an initiation of force that rational people will feel a moral imperative to defend themselves against!