today's Philosophy Talk topic
Humans
ARE animals (with big brains, opposable thumbs, bipedalism, language,
cultures, and tools). Captivity of humans/animals deprives us of
freedom, and compounds the crime that supposedly merits incarceration.
Eating
animals, also, is ethically fraught. Meat-murder isn't necessary,
anymore. If you eat animals, you're not much different from a
cannibal. We talk about fat cows, police "pigs", chicken-heads,
scaredy-cats, lamb of God, and yogurt "culture." Turkey is a freaking
country (!) At least they're honest at Murder Burger (the eatery in
Davis). Hannibal's is a deli in Sacramento. Meat, of course, is
delicious, and so are you, I imagine :-)
LIFE as value outweighs
freedom, so animals that can't survive apart from humans should be in
captivity, in circumstances that keep them busy and happy. Prisoners
should, if not granted freedom, be given access to fun activities, like
books, such as through devices like kindles.
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