savage gavage
why foie gras is not unethical
previously, i was one of those people who wouldn't eat foie gras, because i'd heard that it was unethical and didn't do much research beyond that. so, when i read this, it came time to revise some opinions. (i'm assuming i can take the article at face value.) for one thing, this makes me pretty angry at people who don't argue fairly (i.e., passing off pictures of the worst farms as representative).
a thought occurred to me, though: for any old meat, i try to keep to sustainably-/ethically-raised varieties, but wouldn't really turn down a meat meal on the risk of it having a cruel history. does that mean i should be willing to eat foie gras indiscriminately too, just because "most of it" is ethical? before, i was not okay with eating cruelly-produced foie gras, and now, my model admits me to do so.
something has to go! either i am wrong to not be willing to segregate all the meats i eat, or i was wrong to be unwilling to eat unethically-produced foie gras to begin with. of note is that one of those attempts at morality takes far more effort than the other - interesting that having more information could guide me farther away from the goal.
previously, i was one of those people who wouldn't eat foie gras, because i'd heard that it was unethical and didn't do much research beyond that. so, when i read this, it came time to revise some opinions. (i'm assuming i can take the article at face value.) for one thing, this makes me pretty angry at people who don't argue fairly (i.e., passing off pictures of the worst farms as representative).
a thought occurred to me, though: for any old meat, i try to keep to sustainably-/ethically-raised varieties, but wouldn't really turn down a meat meal on the risk of it having a cruel history. does that mean i should be willing to eat foie gras indiscriminately too, just because "most of it" is ethical? before, i was not okay with eating cruelly-produced foie gras, and now, my model admits me to do so.
something has to go! either i am wrong to not be willing to segregate all the meats i eat, or i was wrong to be unwilling to eat unethically-produced foie gras to begin with. of note is that one of those attempts at morality takes far more effort than the other - interesting that having more information could guide me farther away from the goal.