I heard something to do with Nitrogen and …cow farts(?) I am really unsure of this and would like to learn more.

Answer -

4 Parts

  • Ethical reason for consuming animals
  • Methane produced by cows are a harmful greenhouse gas which is contributing to our current climate crisis
  • Health Reasons - there is convincing evidence that processed meats cause cancer
  • it takes a lot more calories of plant food to produce the calories we would consume from the meat.

Details about the answers are in the comments

  • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    If something can’t be harmed there no need to prevent harming it.

    i don’t really like your use of harm here to exclude everything but sentient beings, but as a term of art, for the purposes of this discussion, i will indulge you.

    why does it matter if something CAN be harmed? what creates a duty to NOT HARM something?

    • neuralnerd@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      what creates a duty to NOT HARM something?

      About all ethics is about reducing harm. If you don’t know that harming is bad I don’t think we can have a discussion.

      • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        deontological ethics are explicitly not about that. divine command theory is unconcerned with that. can you name an ethical system that does concern itself with that?