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Animals can be and are routinely put down just because their owners happen to feel like it. They have no legal protection from the whims of their owners, as lon

Animals can be and are routinely put down just because their owners happen to feel like it. They have no legal protection from the whims of their owners, as long as their lives and deaths are not considered unusually cruel. The worst criminals are human in the biological sense, undeniably. Is that all it takes for them to deserving of irrevocable human moral and legal status? If it's true that you'd feel worse about the arbitrary execution of a beloved pet than that of a criminal, doesn't that contradict any intrinsic value the criminal has?

nkozyra 6y ago
> Animals can be and are routinely put down just because their owners happen to feel like it. I really have no idea why you're leaning into this non sequitur so hard. Yes. Many cruel things happen to humans and non humans. What that has to do with treating criminals as inherently sub-human I cannot surmise. > If it's true that you'd feel worse about the arbitrary execution of a beloved pet than that of a criminal, I don't understand the straw man argument here. If you're going to put words in my mouth at least make them close to what I'm saying.