I’d just like to point out that life in the wild might be net negative and contain more suffering than happiness (due to a majority of beings dying closely after birth from hunger and predation). We need more research but that sounds more likely than not—as your point 9 suggests.
In that case, item number 1 on your list might be a better scenario than what is currently happening, and I am not sure we should spend time fighting against it.
Indeed. I’m personally sympathetic to this kind of view (my ethics are heavily suffering-focused), but we wanted to make this piece pluralistic, and specifically able to accommodate the intuitions of those who think extinction of (one or more species of) wild animals would be very bad.
Thanks for the list, this is an important topic.
I’d just like to point out that life in the wild might be net negative and contain more suffering than happiness (due to a majority of beings dying closely after birth from hunger and predation). We need more research but that sounds more likely than not—as your point 9 suggests.
In that case, item number 1 on your list might be a better scenario than what is currently happening, and I am not sure we should spend time fighting against it.
But the rest is risky, yes.
Indeed. I’m personally sympathetic to this kind of view (my ethics are heavily suffering-focused), but we wanted to make this piece pluralistic, and specifically able to accommodate the intuitions of those who think extinction of (one or more species of) wild animals would be very bad.