I definately agree there is a lot of room of improvement in animal ethics. Most animal welfare people are cool with being unconventional but I think this kind of misses the point which is that we might not currently have the right moral framework.
I also think utilitarianism got “some” things right like extreme pain is really immoral, or one should be seeking efficiency (within reasonable limits) etc. But it remains weak and weird by itself, without any additional (and multiple) values and principles.
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I definately agree there is a lot of room of improvement in animal ethics. Most animal welfare people are cool with being unconventional but I think this kind of misses the point which is that we might not currently have the right moral framework.
I also think utilitarianism got “some” things right like extreme pain is really immoral, or one should be seeking efficiency (within reasonable limits) etc. But it remains weak and weird by itself, without any additional (and multiple) values and principles.