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Originally Posted by HarryT
Sorry, I think you may have misunderstood me. When I say that "both the carrot and the chicken exist for the purposes of being eaten", I am referring to the specific carrot or chicken that one is debating whether or not to eat, not to carrots and chickens as a species  . ie, someone planted that carrot and grew that chicken for the express purpose of them finishing up as food, and that specific carrot and chicken would not otherwise have existed. |
Oh, I see. Yes, I misunderstood you. Sorry.
I think that might only remove the ethical question by one step, though. Because then you have the issue of raising animals (or carrots) specifically to kill and eat them. I, personally, would have a harder time doing that with chickens than with carrots.