Do you think that suffering of animals living in the wild is an important ethical problem? Suppose for example that the fight for a vegan world is over and humans no longer hold any animals in captivity.
Would you be in favour of the negative utilitarian approach, i.e., trying to reduce the number of wild animals? Would it be better to leave the wild animals alone and simply not try to reduce their suffering? Or do you think that perhaps some genetic modifications to those wild animals would be most ethical, reducing their ability to feel pain?
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Do you think that suffering of animals living in the wild is an important ethical problem? Suppose for example that the fight for a vegan world is over and humans no longer hold any animals in captivity.
Would you be in favour of the negative utilitarian approach, i.e., trying to reduce the number of wild animals? Would it be better to leave the wild animals alone and simply not try to reduce their suffering? Or do you think that perhaps some genetic modifications to those wild animals would be most ethical, reducing their ability to feel pain?
EDIT: A typo.
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