Did you read my previous comment about the kitten. This is evidence enough that sometimes the action matters more than the consequences

My point is the view of consequentialism does not stand in every situation like you said

Consequences are real; judgements of right or wrong are not. — A Seagull

Im saying that this one line cannot solve this debate.

These two view are a bit more complicated. Think about this, would you kill a kitten for $1000 towards a charity of your choice whether it be animal welfare or humanitarian relief. You may at first take this deal but how many kittens would you kill before the action started mattering to you.

There is a clear difference between animals roaming around and being killed in the wild vs what some farms do where animals are kept in small cages till it is time for slaughter.

I think ethically speaking. It is morally ok for us to be eating animals for the reasons I listed above. I do believe in animal welfare though. It is morally ok for us to eat meat if the meat is properly sourced and the animals are not simply being locked up in cages and being fed nothing but steroids.

I think of this as the circle of life, Whether people choose to believe it or not we are still animals. We are highly capable and resourceful animals but still animals. We are at the top of the food pyramid and we are predators, is the wolf morally wrong for eating the deer. While we do have other options of food while most predators do not it is in dna to eat meat. It is simply nature.

Part of life is the uncertainty of death. Death can strike at any moment and thats the reason we should live life to the fullest. If we can live as long as we want deadlines no longer matter, why live a good life if you can simply confess your sins and then choose to die at the end of it. Why do anything when you have a lifetime to do it later. So much evil would come about this world.

With this statement you can justify anything, if a serial killer kills someone and it makes them happy is it then morally justified, if a rapist rapes someone, if a thief steals something, if these things make them happy then do we just accept that these are morally correct?