Earlier Harry freaked out over the possibility of plant sentience, while completely skipping over sentience in all beings with central nervous systems—all animals). Now in this book about rationality Harry is beginning an entire reasoning process with a flawed and unquestioned premise: “If it was right to eat a cow to feed yourself for a day, then it had to be right to drink a unicorn’s blood in order to stave off death for weeks. You couldn’t have it both ways.” Since Harry can eat just plants (which lack central nervous systems) and chooses not to, Harry is purposefully cruel and failing to question his illogical flawed premise. So disappointed in this obvious #carnist #speciesist excuse for “logic” or “rationality.”
Earlier Harry freaked out over the possibility of plant sentience, while completely skipping over sentience in all beings with central nervous systems—all animals). Now in this book about rationality Harry is beginning an entire reasoning process with a flawed and unquestioned premise: “If it was right to eat a cow to feed yourself for a day, then it had to be right to drink a unicorn’s blood in order to stave off death for weeks. You couldn’t have it both ways.” Since Harry can eat just plants (which lack central nervous systems) and chooses not to, Harry is purposefully cruel and failing to question his illogical flawed premise. So disappointed in this obvious #carnist #speciesist excuse for “logic” or “rationality.”