Kennedy is a powerful example of just how dangerous the naturalistic fallacy (that nature is good so everything "natural" is also good) can be.
Particularly when the term "natural" is extended to include things that have nothing whatsoever natural about them - like animal agriculture.
More broadly, his epistemology is completely broken by conspiracism and wishful thinking. His ethics are broken too (both intra-human and intra-species). And his ethics and epistemology feed each other in insidious ways.
Absolutely. The romanticizing of “nature” becomes a shield for deeply harmful practices, especially when it comes to animal exploitation. And you are right, Kennedy’s worldview is a closed loop of misinformation and moral failure, each part reinforcing the other. Dangerous indeed.
Kennedy is a powerful example of just how dangerous the naturalistic fallacy (that nature is good so everything "natural" is also good) can be.
Particularly when the term "natural" is extended to include things that have nothing whatsoever natural about them - like animal agriculture.
More broadly, his epistemology is completely broken by conspiracism and wishful thinking. His ethics are broken too (both intra-human and intra-species). And his ethics and epistemology feed each other in insidious ways.
Absolutely. The romanticizing of “nature” becomes a shield for deeply harmful practices, especially when it comes to animal exploitation. And you are right, Kennedy’s worldview is a closed loop of misinformation and moral failure, each part reinforcing the other. Dangerous indeed.