There’s a Parfitian argument that, since none of these animals would have existed otherwise, then killing them for food is no problem.
There’s a Parfitian argument that, since you would have not existed otherwise unless your parents gave you birth, then your parents should be allowed to kill you for food.
Well, that’s my point. There’s all these arguments hanging around here and when you take any of the general approaches, like utility theory, you tend to bump into them with nasty consequences. As I said: I don’t really have a way to “solve” this.
There’s a Parfitian argument that, since you would have not existed otherwise unless your parents gave you birth, then your parents should be allowed to kill you for food.
Well, that’s my point. There’s all these arguments hanging around here and when you take any of the general approaches, like utility theory, you tend to bump into them with nasty consequences. As I said: I don’t really have a way to “solve” this.
Why can’t we just reject that Parfitian argument?