Insofar as we are all imperfect and have to figure out which ways to prioritize improving on, it isn’t obvious that we should treat veganism as a priority. That said, I think there is an important difference between what it makes sense to do and how it makes sense to feel. It makes sense to feel horrified by factory farming and disgusted by factory farmed meat if you care about the suffering of animals. It makes sense to respond to suffering inflicted on your behalf with sadness and regret.
Effective altruists should generally be vegan, not (just) because it is the right thing to do, but because that behavior follows naturally from the right way to feel. This is not to say that you should try to change how you feel if you’re not inclined to at least a little sadness at the sight of a dead chicken’s body on your plate, but something has gone wrong.
Insofar as we are all imperfect and have to figure out which ways to prioritize improving on, it isn’t obvious that we should treat veganism as a priority. That said, I think there is an important difference between what it makes sense to do and how it makes sense to feel. It makes sense to feel horrified by factory farming and disgusted by factory farmed meat if you care about the suffering of animals. It makes sense to respond to suffering inflicted on your behalf with sadness and regret.
Effective altruists should generally be vegan, not (just) because it is the right thing to do, but because that behavior follows naturally from the right way to feel. This is not to say that you should try to change how you feel if you’re not inclined to at least a little sadness at the sight of a dead chicken’s body on your plate, but something has gone wrong.