The Case for Vegan Outreach, Now On LessWrong

peterhurford · by **peterhurford** on 2013-06-13T20:05:00

I wrote "Effective Altruism Through Advertising Vegetarianism?" for Less Wrong, and the comments there are definitely interesting for encountering and understanding pro-speciesism.

Pablo Stafforini · by **Pablo Stafforini** on 2013-06-14T11:24:00

Interesting... and disturbing.

My attitude is closest to something like "no amount of animal suffering adds up to any amount of human suffering", or more generally "no amount of utility to animals [to the extent that the concept of utility to a non-sapient being is coherent] adds up to any amount of utility to humans".

or

You don't cooperate on the prisoner's dilemma with a rock. A chicken isn't that much different than a rock.

peterhurford · by **peterhurford** on 2013-06-15T05:09:00

Elijah wrote:I guess i can do sort of a pro-speciesist AMA, as the resident speciesist here.

"Resident speciesist" would be a fun thing to have in your forum signature.

(Though you risk ending up with pride for the label, and therefore identify will with it, and be less willing to change your opinion.)

The Case for Vegan Outreach, Now On LessWrong

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