One difference between cows and humans is that humans have a preference about the continued existence of mankind, while cows are presumably unaware of and indifferent to the existence of cow-kind. A lot of the persuasive force of the argument comes from the feeling that “we wouldn’t like it if they did it to us”—but the cows would not feel the same dislike.
One difference between cows and humans is that humans have a preference about the continued existence of mankind, while cows are presumably unaware of and indifferent to the existence of cow-kind. A lot of the persuasive force of the argument comes from the feeling that “we wouldn’t like it if they did it to us”—but the cows would not feel the same dislike.