无论如何,我只是无法想象对任何食物或待遇都非常重要,以至于我会在提及动物的痛苦时会变得愤怒或痛苦。对我来说,一只猪总是比猪皮更重要。这里有风险将现实主义与犬儒主义,道德坚忍与道德懒惰混淆,让自己变得疲惫,懒惰和自我满足 - 曾经被称为“胃口”的人。
(In any case I just cannot imagine attaching so much importance to any food or treat that I would grow irate or bitter at the mention of the suffering of animals. A pig to me will always seem more important than a pork rind. There is the risk here of confusing realism with cynicism, moral stoicism with moral sloth, of letting oneself become jaded and lazy and self-satisfied--what used to be called an 'appetitive' person.)
在马修·斯库利(Matthew Scully)的书《统治》中,他反思了社会如何对待动物与食物有关的道德含义。他表达了一种强烈的情绪,即生物的价值应优先于仅仅用作食品。 Scully强调,面对烹饪传统,一个人对生命的价值不应减少,这表明人们应该对动物感到同情,而不是放纵他们的消费。
Scully警告说,对动物苦难脱敏的危险,认为优先考虑食物以牺牲同情心会带来道德自满。他认为,重要的是要认识到动物的固有价值,而不是将它们减少到商品上,并提倡采用更合乎道德的方法来与我们如何与食物和生产中涉及的生活联系起来。