visionofprog

Why be kind? Well, we can start with the basic precept that biologically speaking we want to live long enough so we can produce offspring which carry our genes into subsequent generations. Biological organisms that want to die go extinct rather quickly, and individuals who want to die don't really need to answer this question because it doesn't matter to them. If we're not kind to the people around us our chances of survival dramatically reduce. So while we ultimately are acting on selfish grounds what it produces overall is this sort of illusive altruism.

I find it horribly ironic when vegans and vegetarians go on a tangent about cruelty and suffering, but when it comes to non-sentient life they don't give it two seconds thought. They adopt this mentality of "so what if I'm eating it or its dead?" It's the compartmentalization of life I find most irrational. I agree that killing any sort of life must be done for a very good reason (food). And I also agree that we should minimize has much pain and suffering as possible when we process this life into food. What I don't agree with is compartmentalizing life to the point where one half of the spectrum is treated indifferently.