It feels like there really is a sense in which someone who mugs a person vs someone who could have prevented it but walks away deserve different amounts of punishment. In which case, this is not at all an inconsistency.
Increasing the demand for meat does feel like I’m taking an action to cause the murder of animals, moreso than continuing with my life is causing poor people to remain poor and sick.
In the other direction, there really is a sense in which you “earned” your money (despite your privileges), and it really is a huge ask to give it up.
I’m not sure how to formalize the spectrum from merely complicit to primary cause, or even whether it’s just a legacy of thinking in terms of property rights and should be done away with, but I’m not as sure as I used to be.
Either way, I don’t think people should shy away from simultaneously holding strong views on veganism and moderate views on donating on these grounds.
It feels like there really is a sense in which someone who mugs a person vs someone who could have prevented it but walks away deserve different amounts of punishment. In which case, this is not at all an inconsistency.
Increasing the demand for meat does feel like I’m taking an action to cause the murder of animals, moreso than continuing with my life is causing poor people to remain poor and sick.
In the other direction, there really is a sense in which you “earned” your money (despite your privileges), and it really is a huge ask to give it up.
I’m not sure how to formalize the spectrum from merely complicit to primary cause, or even whether it’s just a legacy of thinking in terms of property rights and should be done away with, but I’m not as sure as I used to be.
Either way, I don’t think people should shy away from simultaneously holding strong views on veganism and moderate views on donating on these grounds.