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Because you have to draw the line somewhere. Morale/ethics do change over time, but not killing people has been shown throughout history to be the bare minimum
by dorfsmay 10y ago
Because you have to draw the line somewhere.
Morale/ethics do change over time, but not killing people has been shown throughout history to be the bare minimum for a decent society, and an accepted standard today. We can discuss and expand on adding more species, kingdoms and domains, but humans are not up for discussion.
- peteretep 10y ago> to be the bare minimum > for a decent society So if a utilitarian-leaning society could show it was improved by killing people, you'd be fine with that?
- dorfsmay 10y agoI would not be fine with that, no, but then, I'm not fine either with killing other apes and other self-reflecting animals ; my standard vs modern society's accepted standard. However, in that hypothetical case you describe, it might be up for discussion. My point was that by modern standards, killing other humans is not ok, and not up for discussion.