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> If you destroy the demand for a service, the supply will naturally fall, but the core issue is more complex as the quote below highlights what the main proble
by csdvrx 5y ago
> If you destroy the demand for a service, the supply will naturally fall, but the core issue is more complex as the quote below highlights what the main problem is:
Alternative take: the demand of the service "sloth-as-pets" could lead to their domestication/breeding in captivity, like the Cobra Effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive)
That's another reason I'm not so concerned for endangered species humans find yummy/cute/(...): there's a strong financial incentive we never run out of them!
- shh_labs 5y agoIsn’t the issue not the survival of the species, but the cruelty to the individuals?
- csdvrx 5y agoThen it's a case of moving goalposts, as all the cases about endangered species have been made about the survival of the species.
- shh_labs 5y agoSo it’s OK to be cruel to species that aren’t endangered?
- csdvrx 5y ago> So it’s OK to be cruel to species that aren’t endangered? Then my apologies, it's an appeal to emotions + moving the goalpost. It's ok for people to do things you may disapprove of as long as it's legal.
- wavefunction 5y agoLike own other people as slaves? I don't think I agree.
- voakbasda 5y agoMaking something legal does not magically make it morally acceptable. Conversely, there are countless example of things that are currently legal that are morally deplorable.