Jay Santos > wrote:

> If you believe that something is absolutely morally
> wrong, then the ONLY coherently explicable amount of it
> you may do, and remain consistent with your belief, is
> zero. If you do any of it, then you clearly do not
> believe it to be absolutely wrong.

My wife asks, "Honey, which of these blouses are more black?"
"Neither of them are black."
"Yes, I know that but I have to wear black tonight and these are all I
have. So which is more black?"

In other words, despite the fact that one may consider something
absolutely morally wrong, there are degrees.

> If you genuinely believe it to be absolutely wrong to
> kill animals other than in provable self defense, then
> you may not morally participate in any activity or
> process that kills animals.

If you also believe that it is absolutely wrong to end your own life,
then you are forced to pick the lesser of evils. After all, you pretty
much cannot sustain yourself without killing some animals, so you kill
as few as you can.