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Supposing that it was conclusively proven that they did not. Would it still be ethical to kill them? The Jain religion has quite a bit to say on this topic: h
by kjellsbells 2y ago
Supposing that it was conclusively proven that they did not. Would it still be ethical to kill them?
The Jain religion has quite a bit to say on this topic:
https://voices.uchicago.edu/religionculture/2017/11/22/attending-to-insects https://voices.uchicago.edu/religionculture/2017/11/22/atten...
Side note: the author also notes a very unusual consideration of electricity as consisting of a living force, that should therefore not be used needlessly.
- jojobas 2y agoIt would be still ethical if it was conclusively proven they did. There's no shortage of ethical theories ranging from Jainism to Nietzsche and they basically follow the laws of natural selection.
- TheNewsIsHere 2y agoAre you suggesting that the ultimate arbiter of whether something is ethical or not is whether it would be allowed by natural selection?
- jojobas 2y agoYes, natural selection judges ethical models just like it judges everything else.
- ofrzeta 2y agoWould it be inappropriate to say that the Jain religion is some kind of mental condition?