Food

Is it ethical to eat foods that are known to be environmentally destructive, like bluefin tuna or palm oil?

For

They are part of cultural dishes and people enjoy them.

Against

Continued demand pushes some species and ecosystems to collapse.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • “There are ethical palm oil sources.”
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  • “They did start farming them, so it’s fine if It isn’t wild”
    RedditOriginal language: English

Against

  • “It’s destroying the rainforests of SE Asia — the world’s oldest — and driving orangutans and thousands of other beings extinct.”
    RedditOriginal language: English
  • “Ah thought so, probly not a good idea to be eating them then”
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