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Why stop there? Couldn't the mother be brain dead as well? It's a dystopian idea - breeding zombie cows that aren't alive on a cognitive level - but you can dr
by mekkkkkk 5y ago
Why stop there? Couldn't the mother be brain dead as well?
It's a dystopian idea - breeding zombie cows that aren't alive on a cognitive level - but you can draw parallels to abortions and pulling the plug on brain dead human patients. As a society we somewhat agree rationally that the lack of subjective experience or cognition renders most ethical concerns moot.
From an emotional/intuitive stand point it still grinds a few gears though. Would we be fine with growing brain dead humans for consumption?
- tapas73 5y agoAre you sure there is such distinction? (cognitive level ethics vs emotion) As I see it, if there are no emotions/emphaty then field of ethics has no use.
- mekkkkkk 5y agoThere is a significant dissonance there for sure. For example, most people would say that some wars are justified ethically, yet they might change their mind completely if a family member is killed in one. Emotional impact can be a significant part of what you deem ethical. Yet you can't structure broad ethical "rule sets" based on subjective trauma or experience. The relationship between rationality and emotions when it comes to ethics is really complex, and since it's in the realm of philosophy I don't think there are any clear cut answers.