It would be a fine thing for cows if all cows were well treated and if none were slaughtered for food. Nevertheless, being a clever cow, you understand that it's the demand for beef that brings cows to life. How do you regard such a trade off? . . .Should a cow behind a haystack of ignorance choose the world with the highest expectation of utility? . . . Should a cow philosopher focus on making cows happy or on making happy cows? . . .
I think these questions are important both for thinking about cows and animal rights and for human beings. . . . Some people, however, think that cow philosophy is just a bunch of bull.
[from: The Philosophical Cow, Posted by Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution]
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