If we recognize that a being (organic, silicon based or whatever) with a conscience should not be exploited and used against its will, there is no reason we should not apply the same principle to the animals we exploit and kill daily when we pay for their products. They should have a right to at least not be exploited.

Please take that into consideration and know that you can take action to stop this injustice. Check out the sub for more info and feel free to ask anything in the comments or DM me.

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[–] hamid@vegantheoryclub.org 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

Veganism is an animal rights movement and these silicon based manufactured machines are not animals.

[–] Antitoxic9087@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I think we need to be cautious about this type of animal vs machine thinking, since ultimately all existences are "manufactured" in one way or another, and the main component (carbon or silicon) should not be a relevant criterion in morality. The ability to feel pain or form other forms of complex sentients, IMO, should.

[–] Well@vegantheoryclub.org 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Another counter point is there is no proof computers can process pain, since they do not have pain receptors.

[–] lalo@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago

It's not about feeling pain, is about their will to live.

If the argument is only about pain/suffering, then 'ethical' meat becomes a thing and people would still ignore the being's will to live.

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