• commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    people have free will, and so their choices cannot be said to be caused by anything other than their will. I am not responsible for what people in the meat industry do.

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      10 months ago

      If someone pays someone else $1,000,000 to kill their ex-girlfriend, is only the murderer morally responsible?

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        10 months ago

        No analogous relationship between the purchaser and the slaughterhouse worker exists.

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          10 months ago

          Paying someone to do immoral actions that harm innocent animals and the environment that we all are forced to share. That is the connection.