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| <font color="CC6600">**Definiendum**</font> | <font color="CC6600">**Definiens**</font> |
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| <font color="CC6600">**P**</font> | something (x) counts as predation |
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| <font color="CC6600">**Q**</font> | something (x) involves an animal (y) regularly capturing another animal (z) |
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| <font color="CC6600">**R**</font> | something (x) involves an animal (y) regularly killing another animal (z) |
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| <font color="CC6600">**S**</font> | something (x) involves an animal (y) regularly subduing another animal (z) |
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| <font color="CC6600">**T**</font> | something (x) involves an animal (y) regularly consuming, to the captor's benefit, another animal (z) |
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| <font color="CC6600">**a**</font> | animal agriculture |
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| <font color="CC6600">**h**</font> | humans |
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| <font color="CC6600">**l**</font> | livestock |
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<b>P1)</b></font> Something counts as predation if, and only if, something involves an animal regularly capturing, killing or subduing, and consuming, to the captor's benefit, another animal.
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<b>(∀x∀y∀z(Px↔Qxyz∧(Rxyz∨Sxyz)∧Txyz))</b>
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<b>P2)</b></font> Animal agriculture involves humans regularly capturing livestock.
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<b>(Qahl)</b>
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<b>P3)</b></font> Animal agriculture involves humans regularly killing or subduing livestock.
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<b>(Rahl∨Sahl)</b>
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<b>P4)</b></font> Animal agriculture involves humans regularly consuming, to the captors' benefit, livestock.
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<b>(Tahl)</b>
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<b>C)</b></font> Therefore, animal agriculture counts as predation.
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<b>(∴Pa)</b>
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[Proof Tree](https://www.umsu.de/trees/#(~6x~6y~6z(Px~4Qxyz~1(Rxyz~2Sxyz)~1Txyz)),(Qahl),(Rahl~2Sahl),(Tahl)|=(Pa))
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---
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### Ethical Factory Farming Reductio
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| <font color="CC6600">**Definiendum**</font> | <font color="CC6600">**Definiens**</font> |
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| <font color="CC6600">**D**</font> | a predator (x) engages in predation (y) |
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| <font color="CC6600">**R**</font> | it is the case that we ought stop the predator (x) from engaging in predation (y) |
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| <font color="CC6600">**a**</font> | human |
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| <font color="CC6600">**m**</font> | factory farming pigs |
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<b>P1)</b></font> If a predator engages in predation, then it is not the case that we ought stop the predator from engaging in said predation.
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<b>(∀x∀y(Dxy→¬Rxy))</b>
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<b>P2)</b></font> Humans engage in factory farming pigs.
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<b>(Dam)</b>
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<b>C)</b></font> Therefore, it is not the case that we ought stop humans from engaging in factory farming pigs.
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<b>(∴¬Ram)</b>
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[Proof Tree](https://www.umsu.de/trees/#(~6x~6y(Dxy~5~3Rxy)),(Dam)|=(~3Ram))
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# Hashtags
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#debate
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#arguments
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#predators |