Hi, my name is Johannes. I live in Vienna, where I also study Physics. Iām currently working on my master thesis. I joined the EA community in Vienna two years ago (2022) and this year I joined the EA Austria board. Iām moderating intro courses at the EA Virtual Programs, EA Germany and EA Austria and Iām the Community Builder for EA Austria (10 hours per week).
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Thanks for sharing Kevin!
I completely agree that factory farming is a moral atrocity, and it would be far better if we could reduce or eliminate the harm we cause to these animals.
Your post got me thinking about individual moral responsibility and free will. My question: Do you think we need to have free will (the ability to have acted differently) in order to have individual moral responsibility? If our actions are determined or influenced by factors beyond our control, can we still be held morally responsible for them? Curious to hear your thoughts!
Thanks for the clarification!
Regarding this point:
Sinergia estimates that this commitment has helped over 1,000,000 piglets per year since 2023. Sinergia cites a source for their estimate, but the source states PPA slaughters only 750,000 pigs per year.[1] This makes it questionable if PPA even has 1,000,000 piglets that could be teeth clipped each year.
I think there might be a misunderstanding in the analysis regarding the number of piglets and the slaughter figures. A 25% pre-slaughter mortality rate is quite common in pig farming. [E.g. Pre-weaning piglet mortality varies largely between farms and ranges from 5 % to 35 %. European Parliament, The EU Pig Meat Sector, Sep 2020] This means itās entirely possible that 1,000,000 piglets are born each year, and 25% (250,000) die before reaching slaughter age, leaving 750,000 to be slaughtered.
Therefore, Sinergiaās estimate that 1,000,000 piglets per year benefit from teeth clipping could still be accurate. The 1,000,000 figure likely refers to the total number of piglets born, all of whom could potentially have their teeth clipped, rather than the number that survive to slaughter.
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Thank you very much Cameron!
Funnily enough I watched this video and took some notes, last week.
Very interesting presentation with some eye-opening facts and thoughts!
Great and thought provoking post, thank you very much Moritz!
I especially liked the Evolutionary Perspectives on Happiness and Dissatisfaction part.
Thanks for this great post, Max! I strongly agree, this is super important.