Is eating insects more ethical then farm animals ?

[Jannes]

I want this to be a purely ethical discussion. Even if you are a pro meat eater you are welcome to participate in this discussion. Its not about what you should or shouldnt do, but to arrive at an answer of what would theoretically be more ethical to eat, insects or meat from farm animals. 

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The main argument for eating insects over regular livestock is that insects seem to be a lot less sentient. On the other hand you need hundreds or thounsands of them to get the same calories as one livestock animal. 

There are different methods to kill them. The most humane one seems to be to freeze them, but there are pretty brutal ones from boiling them or roasting them alive. 

What has to be kept in mind is that insects are so different from humans, we likely have a lot of speciesism towards them, so that bias needs to be made conscious for a truthful discussion. 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Jannes

[Basman]

We already have less compassion towards fish compared to mammals. Insects are cooked when it comes to human ethical consideration for the most part.

A lot of the emotion behind veganism is inherently centered behind a speciest bias towards mammals.

I for one would pay good money if they sold witchetty grubs at the super. That's good eating. Get some sweet chilli, some finely chopped onion and complementary spices cooked on a thin blanket of oil. Holy~🔥

[Hojo]

Id say its worse. You gotta kill like 1000 things instead of one.

[Leo Gura]

Sure, but it is gross.

No one is going to sustain a diet of insect meat. They are minor snacks at best. It is easier to get people to just go vegetarian and eliminates all your ethics issues.

Edited 1 hour ago by Leo Gura

[Natasha Tori Maru]

I think we already eat them - isn't additive E120 made of insects? Red dye in foods

Edited 30 minutes ago by Natasha Tori Maru