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Same argument can be made for how humans have and still do treat other humans who they decided to label sub-human and thereby less worthy of living a suffering-
by rafiki6 8y ago
Same argument can be made for how humans have and still do treat other humans who they decided to label sub-human and thereby less worthy of living a suffering-free existence. The trend is when humans have too much power over literally anything, they almost always tend to abuse it.
- cpeterso 8y agoAs recently as the 1980s, doctors did not provide anesthesia to infants undergoing surgery. They thought infants' pain response was just a "reflex", not a conscious experience of pain. https://www.livescience.com/28848-babies-have-consciousness.html https://www.livescience.com/28848-babies-have-consciousness....
- colordrops 8y agoThat's gruesome.
- david-gpu 8y agoMy understanding is that that was in part due to the difficulty of providing the right dosage that would provide pain relief without causing harm. Source: dad was an anesthesiologist.
- kleton 8y agoMale genital mutilation is still practiced in some countries in this manner.
- empath75 8y agoYeah it basically comes down to— we don’t believe they have consciousness because they can’t make us believe it.