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As you start to list properties that the animal lacks to justify eating them, you begin to realize that some humans also lack those properties, yet we don’t eat those humans. Is this logical proof that killing and eating animals for food is immoral? Don’t put away your steak knife just yet.
In Eat Meat… Or Don’t, we examine the moral arguments for and against eating meat with both philosophical and scientific rigor. This book is not about pushing some ideological agenda; it’s ultimately a book about critical thinking.
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In the first example, it looks like person 1 is avoiding the argument. Instead of addressing the point about how it depends on one's goals, they simply say "just admit you're wasting time." This is also bulverism (assuming they're wrong, and then trying to explain it by saying they're 'rationalising'). In the second, the person simply tosses out the phrase "cognitive dissonance" with no explanation (though they imply that either person 2 or said meat eaters have it). It sounds more like ipse dixit than a fallacy at that point, unless person 1 develops their point further. In example 3, the person makes an unsupported generalisation, then accuses person 2 of rationalising if they believe otherwise. This is a red herring (changing the topic from the claim being made to person 2's thought process), and bulverism too - once again, assuming they're wrong, and then suggesting they're engaging in some kind of mental gymnastics to that effect. |
| answered on Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021 04:45:04 AM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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