What do vegans and/or passifists think about killing small bugs or other very small animals? (self.philosophy)

submitted 1 year ago by Nuklia to c/philosophy@lemmy.ml

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Like is it avoided or might you kill flies to prevent flystrike. Or is it ignored when you'll inevitably kill some small bugs/insects

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[-] yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/jainism/

Jainism, which has nothing to do with the mud planet folk hero, is so strict about nonviolence that Jains will not eat root vegetables because harvesting it would kill the plant.

[-] GregoryTheGreat@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Okay that’s hardcore enough to start believing whatever they believe.

[-] sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I'm here for the firefly references

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