I’ve become a vegan while on a quest to become a better person; am I better? Only in my individual talents and knowledges- am I more moral? Yes- certainly I am, when I choose to inflict less suffering onto others. So in the regards to morality, yes, I have a much better disposition than the vast majority of others. You’re probably willing to see a human murderer, rapist, thief or slaver as being less than another person- but when it comes to another animal, who fundamentally possesses the same conscious experience as you, your most valued possession, you somehow don’t think that makes you less? You might have political correctness on your side, however from an objective moral perspective what you believe in is abominable! You would never wish any of the tragedies, that you choose to believe is acceptable to inflict onto conscious animals, onto somebody that you love.
Love and joy are more meaningful than talent or knowledge, or prestige. Humans have great potential to do good in the world, but with their great potential they have an equal capacity to be fools, and to commit to evil. Human civilization is hardly concerned with humanity; for time immemorial humans have raped, murdered, enslaved, stolen from and even eaten one another. In all honesty, humanity has never been very concerned with humanity, as our evolution has been shaped by weapons more powerful than ourselves which we are capable of forging and wielding- it is awfully convenient for you if you choose to believe that we don’t commit these atrocities to humans out of respect for them, despite that humanity has had an incredibly detrimental effect on the state of humanity, all other life and the ecology of the planet, rather than for the reason of fear and punishment.
I eat almost exclusively food that was grown in my country to avoid supporting human rights crimes, and I stopped paying for animal products because I don’t believe that an animals life is only as valuable as much as it serves a purpose to my vanity and therefor I would be willing to vicariously have that animal raped to breed it for genetic qualities that are to the defect of the animal and benefit of myself, and to have its child taken away from it, and then its product stolen for me, and then to have it murdered so that I can consume its flesh.
I sincerely value my conscious experience, and that is why I am willing to extend my mercy to all others, and to cease being a force of violence and oppression in the world. I also have a symbolic perspective on life, and therefor as I would not want to be tranquilized and then murdered, or raped, I would not even wish a non-mutual but painless death on another, nor would I choose to eat their bodies, especially when they are incapable of providing consent.
Morality is a product of the mind and thus the mind must be reserved for moral concern- as a conscious, intelligent being, it is my responsibility to adhere as closely to morality, or mutuality, as I can, and I also realize the importance of selflessness in the context of any greater purpose than myself. If we allow power to define morality, while ignoring the truths of our mutual experience of life, then morality only stops at the most powerful weapon, with the most powerful leader, with the most powerful belief. That has been the driving force behind conquests, wars and genocides all throughout the history of humanity- just as wild animals fight for territory among each other, so as well do human beings. That, is not a belief that I am willing to accept is virtuous or indicative of the quality of better moral value.

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