So you either wouldn’t have any animal cruelty laws or you would only have them apply if there weren’t a utilitarian reason behind the cruelty? The world’s major religions were more evolved than that thousands of years ago.
>>So you either wouldn’t have any animal cruelty laws or you would only have them apply if there weren’t a utilitarian reason behind the cruelty? <<
Yep. It’s about personal freedom and human rights.
>>The world’s major religions were more evolved than that thousands of years ago.<<
I’d need evidence that this is true as well as a case for why it is relevant.