Argument for Veganism based on simple Modus Ponens structure:
P1) If your view affirms a given human is trait-equalizable to a given nonhuman animal while retaining moral value, then your view can only deny the given nonhuman animal has moral value on pain of .
P2) Your view affirms a given human is trait-equalizable to a given nonhuman animal while retaining moral value.
C) Therefore, your view can only deny the given nonhuman animal has moral value on pain of .
In general it is used like this.
- Would it be okay for Humans to be butchered, burgered and eaten the way animals are currently?
- If not then what’s true of the animal that if true of the human would justify butchering, burgering and eating the humans
- … traits follow
Traits used in general
- Inteligence, implies it’s okay to raise and kill mentally disabled people
- Species, implies it’s okay to raise and kill animals that have human level consciousness (imagine human trapped in body of a cow) or that in case of Alien invasion it would be okay for them to raise and kill us, because we are different species
- Not Human, depends on the definition of human and historically we used similar arguments for dehumanizing other humans
- …
Links
https://philosophicalvegan.com/wiki/index.php/NameTheTrait#Version_5