It's entirely possible that self-awarebeings have more value than those thatare not self-aware, but that doesn't meanto say that those that are notself-aware have no value. And when we arespeaking about just desires - you want tosatisfy a desire to eat flesh - then youdon't have a good reason for overridingthe value that animal life has. Ithas all the value that animal seesin it. That life is all that animal hasand it cares a great deal about it, evenif not as much as you do about your life.
-David Benatar
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