I understand there may be ethical issues on some theories regarding offsetting.
But here, we’re dealing with two likely alternatives: an omnivore that donates to better farmed animal welfare in light of animal consumption and an omnivore that just consumes animals. Said omnivore has requested resources on how to offset.
I think this space would be better to best enable the agent to do the offsetting, which is better than the alternative (not offsetting).
If you want to do a separate post about the moral inadequacies of offsetting on different theories, that would be great.
Note that OP’s mom is not an omnivore, but rather a vegetarian considering becoming an omnivore. Specifically, OP said that his mom only wants to start eating meat if she can offset it. Pointing out the flaws and limitations of offsets seems like a reasonable response to this.
I understand there may be ethical issues on some theories regarding offsetting.
But here, we’re dealing with two likely alternatives: an omnivore that donates to better farmed animal welfare in light of animal consumption and an omnivore that just consumes animals. Said omnivore has requested resources on how to offset.
I think this space would be better to best enable the agent to do the offsetting, which is better than the alternative (not offsetting).
If you want to do a separate post about the moral inadequacies of offsetting on different theories, that would be great.
Note that OP’s mom is not an omnivore, but rather a vegetarian considering becoming an omnivore. Specifically, OP said that his mom only wants to start eating meat if she can offset it. Pointing out the flaws and limitations of offsets seems like a reasonable response to this.
You’re right.
I misremembered the initial question.
I agree with your point that there is a lot to the signaling value of vegetarianism/​veganism as well. Hard to quantify.