• commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    Causing unnecessary suffering isn’t cruel?

    it’s only cruel if the suffering is the intention of the practice. if we could remove the suffering, we would. so it’s not cruel, it’s indifferent.

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      11 months ago

      An action is cruel if it causes unnecessary suffering, period. The lack of an intention to cause suffering is irrelevant if the action does cause suffering and doesn’t need to happen, and we are aware of the harm it does. Which we are. Continuing to engage in the practice is therefore willingly causing needless suffering, which is unethical.