Taking the usual meat eater’s justification for continuing their practice, it’s easy to put things into perspective and see how others have justified their actions, however atrocious they seem to the ones who don’t agree with them.
Animals taste good and since I am more powerful I feel I have the right to eat them. Animals are inferior beings, they don’t have our level of intellect so I don’t see anything wrong with eating them. They were bred for this purpose so their suffering is non-important as long as I get meat on my plate. Our society has eaten animals for hundreds of years, it’s a part of our culture and I’m not the one who’ll change that.
Slaves are useful and since I am more powerful I feel I have the right to
own them.
Blacks are inferior beings, they don’t have our level of intellect so I don’t see anything wrong with
using them. They were
bred for this purpose so their suffering is non-important as long as
the job gets done. Our society has
enslaved other races for hundreds of years, it’s a part of our culture and I’m not the one who’ll change that.
Women bring me pleasure and since I am more powerful I feel I have the right to
rape them.
Women are inferior beings, they don’t have our level of intellect so I don’t see anything wrong with
raping them. They were
born for this purpose so their suffering is non-important as long as
I get pleasure. Our society has
raped women for hundreds of years, it’s a part of our culture and I’m not the one who’ll change that.
Jews are not a pure race and since I am more powerful I feel I have the right to
kill them.
Jews are inferior beings, they don’t have our level of intellect so I don’t see anything wrong with
killing them.
They are bred for this purpose so their suffering is non-important as long as
Germany is free from them. Our society has
killed inferior tribes for hundreds of years, it’s a part of our culture and I’m not the one who’ll change that.
If the above comparisons sound far fetched to you, it’s worth remembering that your current views would sound equally far fetched to those people. I think the time has come to extend our morals to respect all creatures capable of suffering, regardless of color, race, gender or species.