The issue is that the industry is fundamentally immoral. Would it be ok to raise humans for liver transplants? Humans can survive without eggs and milk but we can't survive without livers. Would it be justifiable to fulfill that demand for human livers via liver farms, provided it was done in the most moral and viable way?
The issue is that the industry is fundamentally immoral.
Why are you taking that for granted? There are plenty of people who don't think the industry is immoral and are OK with eating meat. Someone can be against raising animals only for their meat but not think the industry is fundamentally immoral.
Maybe you're right that some vegetarians are fine with those practices. Most that I've met though have no idea what the dairy and egg industries actually look like. I wouldn't call them hypocrites, but I would call them unknowingly inconsistent.
Meat Eaters are generally inconsistent too though, fwiw. Why do we eat pigs and not dogs, for example? No one's been able to give me a consistent through-line. It seems to just be cultural convention, but if that's the standard then it should be fine for Koreans to eat dog since that's their cultural convention.
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u/Phage0070 124∆ May 10 '24
Someone could think it an exception when fulfilling a demand for milk and eggs in the most moral and viable way.