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What do vegans and/or passifists think about killing small bugs or other very small animals? (lemdro.id)
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Like is it avoided or might you kill flies to prevent flystrike. Or is it ignored when you'll inevitably kill some small bugs/insects

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I wonder why the flies are on strike. Also our view of animals and how we think of their worth might depend on how we define intelligence. If we think that a cow is an intelligent being then we might think that it's wrong to kill it and eat it. If we think that a cockroach has no intelligence then there's no reason not to kill it. If we believe that all life on the planet has intelligence or what you might consider a soul or a spark of life whatever you want to call it then you might be a verse to killing anything. I'm not sure where you draw the line.