Should you save a dying stranger if you know they eat MEAT? Oxford philosopher controversially argues that it can be ethical to let them die because of the suffering they cause to animals (and he's not even a vegan!)

UK Daily Mail ^ | July 4, 2022 | John Ely

[C19fan]

Letting meat eaters drown is ethical because of the suffering they cause to animals, an Oxford University academic has controversially argued.

[neverevergiveup]

Should we not be kind to animals because THEY eat meat?

[laxcoach]

The article reads like it is an ethical question being raised without his opinion being expressed. I think it is a thought experiment, not advocacy.

[metmom]

What idiots.

If they are a stranger, how would you know if they ate meat?

If you know they eat meat, then they are not a stranger.

[Gaffer]

Throw him in a cell and give him nothing but the minimal amount of water to hydrate him and then WAIT. There would come a time when you throw a rat into the cell he will eat it. Hypocrite.

[MotorCityBuck]

I had to read that twice! 😂
Your right.
They are idiots.

[Olog-hai]

Dr. Michael Plant, eh. Reads like satire.

[SunkenCiv]

Hammers. They're not just for nails anymore.

[VAFreedom]

what would a vegan do about human milk? human milk cheese / ice cream made with the consent of another human?

*mindblown*

[Alas Babylon!]

I would let an Oxford University professor die just because he was a pedantic dick.

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[Mark17]

What if he is a vegetarian, but works as an exterminator?

LOL good question. Can you imagine, coming up on an accident scene, and the first question someone asks, is if the person eats meat? Are there idiots like that out there?

[SaveFerris]

(laying the groundwork for mass starvation)

Yep. Godless reprobates.

[RedMonqey]

If one comes across a dying academic, is it ethical to put him out of OUR misery?

You, know too useless to live?/sarc.

[Verginius Rufus]

I have known a lot of meat-eaters and I have never met one who eats meat from animals he has killed by torturing them to death.

[Seaplaner]

Mister Plant would do well to read from a philosopher of much greater stature, Alf.

"Vegetables are not food. Food eats vegetables."

[jersey117]

Should you save a dying vegan because they support killing babies?

[lee martell]

How to make yourself sound hateful in one easy lesson!

[Do_Tar]

I heard that cows cause global warming so I’m doing my part to kill as many as I can. To be ethical, I’ll only kill what I can eat.

[353FMG]

Did the Oxford philosopher wear leather shoes and belt?

[Zack Attack]

Death to all Venus Flytraps! :D