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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you can exploit a well or a field.

[–] Custoslibera 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes.

Words can have more than one meaning.

Exploitation of a resource is different to exploitation by a company of a worker (meaning it’s unfair or underhanded)

The vegan argument for ‘exploitation’ of bees uses the later definition.

If bees were just a resource there wouldn’t be moral consideration of the bees and vegans wouldn’t mind eating honey because there wouldn’t be anything inherently wrong in doing so. Just like smashing a rock on the ground has no inherent moral element.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

it's not a different definition at all. it's a difference of morals. bees are only different from rocks ethically of you have an ethical system that defines them as such.