Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 7 months agoDutch firm Meatable can turn pig stem cells into sausages 60 times faster than farmers can rear pigs.tech.euexternal-linkmessage-square211fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDutch firm Meatable can turn pig stem cells into sausages 60 times faster than farmers can rear pigs.tech.euLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square211fedilink
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoWhat if it requires 1/1000th the number of animals … but each one suffers a hundred times more? Would it be worth it?
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoIf you don’t have a way of quantifying suffering, perhaps all utilitarian calculus is bunk?
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agostem cells can suffer? this isn’t cloning an animal, it’s cloning certain tissues.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoHence the word “if” here. A hypothetical scenario.
minus-squarenickiwest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoFrom a utilitarian perspective, you’re still reducing overall suffering by an order of magnitude, so your scenario is still a greater good.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThis assumes a linear value function of course
What if it requires 1/1000th the number of animals … but each one suffers a hundred times more?
Would it be worth it?
How do you quantify suffering?
If you don’t have a way of quantifying suffering, perhaps all utilitarian calculus is bunk?
stem cells can suffer? this isn’t cloning an animal, it’s cloning certain tissues.
Hence the word “if” here. A hypothetical scenario.
From a utilitarian perspective, you’re still reducing overall suffering by an order of magnitude, so your scenario is still a greater good.
This assumes a linear value function of course