An Ethical Diet
Many animal welfare scientists and philosophers think that farm animals have bad lives. This applies to most chickens, pigs, and fishes we eat. Many people eat fewer animal products to prevent these problems. This page explains which diet changes have the biggest effects.
Exclude sleeping hours Include animals that die before slaughter Factor in supply and demand elasticities Source: Book Compassion, by the Pound Source: Animal Charity Evaluators Weight by brain size neuron count (linear) neuron count (square root) neuron count (logarithm) neuron count (square) brain mass Weight by suffering intensity ⇩ Calculation Options How many hours on factory farms are required to produce 2,000 calories? 2000kcal Eggs 767 hours 2000kcal Chicken 468 hours 2000kcal Pork 40 hours 2000kcal Beef 23 hours 2000kcal Milk 4.5 hours 🔍 rescale calculation…
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