• Znarf176@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Maybe you should consider the possibility that some people in some aspects of life really are holier than thou and you could learn from them. Imagine someone pointing out to a serial killer how not killing is more moral and the killer answers with “Holier than thou.”. Would this be a good comeback?

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      1 year ago

      This is not an equivalent situation, being vegan or vegetarian does not make you legitimately “holier than thou”. It is not a virtuous enough decision to be “holier” than the average person, and eating meat is not a bad enough action to be comparable to being a serial killer.

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        1 year ago

        Just because it is not comparable to a serial killer does not mean that it’s not bad enough to warrant a holier label. How do you justify killing and torturing an animal just for taste pleasure?

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          1 year ago

          I dont kill or torture animals, I support an industry that does by buying the products they create. That is not bad enough of an action for you to be holier.

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              1 year ago

              I can quantify it, and so can you. I cant tell you whos correct.

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                1 year ago

                You apparently think there is some lower bound of an action’s unholiness such that it won’t contribute to an individual’s overall holiness. Hence my use of the term quantized, not quantified.