think fast

Justify killing animals for nutrition when...

1. you don't have to (beans/rice, eggs, dairy, gluten, etc. provide enough protein),
2. you accept Darwinism and the conclusion that humans aren't ``special'' aside from their abilities (and the corollary that ability doesn't determine one's right to live), and
3. you hold empathy as a reasonable virtue

1. You DO have to to get the amount of nutrition in a timely and resource-effective way as to not leave the population below a reasonable amount.

2. If you believe in Darwinism and you're arguing to not eat the less-fit organisms, you're dumber than I thought.

3. This wasn't even a question. The closest reply I can come up with is "...we owe them some respect. Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be. I would'nt want to have my guts ripped out by a lion, I'd much rather die in a slaughterhouse if it was done right." Slaughterhouses and farms, when built with decent amount of mind for the animals, creates less suffering for the animal than nature does.