Less than she thinks, I suspect …

… What We Owe a Rabbit. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

[Korsgaard] believes we obviously shouldn’t kill or exploit animals for food, but we have no obligation to take up the position of a creator by bringing it about that the world is populated by creatures who are better off than the ones who would otherwise be there. She also believes that it’s all right to keep animals as pets, provided the society ensures that they are not abused. (Her book is dedicated, by name, to the five cats she has lived with over the past thirty-five years.)

The last time I checked, cats were carnivorous. Guess she feeds her cats fish. I guess fish don’t count. Good thing she doesn’t have a dog. But I wonder: If it is wrong for us to kill animals for food, why is  not wrong for animals to kill other animals for food? Of course, I think we live in a fallen world.