Are vegetarians allowed to eat their own bogeys?
Are vegetarians allowed to eat their own bogeys?
A random thought I had. I think the answer is no, but I'm not that certain. Convince me please.
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Yes.
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The main reasons for vegetarianism are a., to avoid killing or a.i unduly harming animals, particularly a.ii, without consent, b. to avoid environmental damage, or c., to save money.
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Because of point 1.a, vegetarians eat animal products, like milk, eggs and honey.
Under point 2., bogeys are clearly okay to eat as an animal product that doesn't kill the animal that produces it. That's probably sufficient for our purposes but lets check against 1. to make sure
No harm comes to you from eating your own bogeys (except indirect social harm if other people find out and want to stop hanging out with you), so that covers 1.a.i. Obviously you consent to eating them, so that covers a.ii, too. There's zero environmental consequences to eating bogeys (b). Eating your own bogeys won't cost any money, so that covers c.
In conclusion, go ahead and eat your bogeys, champ.
Just don't do it near me.
Because of point 1.a, vegetarians eat animal products, like milk, eggs and honey.
The production of all three involves harm to the animals and is done without their consent.
Automatic milking machines prove otherwise. Cows stand in line to get milked and often have to be skipped because they’ve been milked already
The part they didn't consent to was being in pain from overproduction of milk, which is something we imposed on them through selective breeding. If we didn't do that, they'd just go about their merry ways making enough to feed their calves and stop making milk when they've grown enough to feed themselves.
They also don't consent to being artificially inseminated and having their calves taken away from them.
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