Vegtarian posses a dilemma for fellow vegetarians

[Arising_uk]

... to query the details is to miss the point.

To query the details is a large part of Philosophy.

[rantal]

... to query the details is to miss the point.

To query the details is a large part of Philosophy.

Yes generally but not in thought experiments

all the best, rantal

[Arising_uk]

Yes generally but not in thought experiments. ...

!? Much of Ethics is such things and the parameters are always questioned as they strongly affect the experiment and its conclusions.

[rantal]

Yes generally but not in thought experiments. ...

!? Much of Ethics is such things and the parameters are always questioned as they strongly affect the experiment and its conclusions.

No, usually in ethics thought experiment conditions are taken as read. For instance Thompson and the Indians, one could ask many similar questions to avoid the dilema but to pursue such would be to miss the point of the experiment

all the best, rantal

[Arising_uk]

No, usually in ethics thought experiment conditions are taken as read. For instance Thompson and the Indians, one could ask many similar questions to avoid the dilema but to pursue such would be to miss the point of the experiment

all the best, rantal

Fair enough. So the conclusion is that an ethical vegetarian should eat a dead baby rather than kill an animal.

Personally, this is why I found Ethics and Morals pointless as a philosophical study. My take is that living is the thought experiment in Ethics as all are given their Ethics and then have to choose which ones hold or not and its not until actually faced with the reality that the choice will be a moral one.

[Arising_uk]

Wouldn't a simpler thought experiment be, "Would you kill and eat an animal if the choice was that or starve to death?"?

[rantal]

That would be a diferent thought experiment and would test a different mater

all the best, rantal

[Arising_uk]

What matter were you trying to test?

Although it looks like theres no vegetarians to answer here.