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Guess I got spoiled by reading Kant in one of my college classes. He was all about trying to describe morals based on rules. That said, picture someone killing
by impendia 2mo ago
Guess I got spoiled by reading Kant in one of my college classes. He was all about trying to describe morals based on rules.
That said, picture someone killing a kitten and someone else killing a cockroach. One could prevaricate all day with highbrow reasons for why the first is monstrous and the second is perfectly moral -- but honestly, for most people, I suspect it comes down to the fact that kittens are cute and cockroaches aren't.
- vintermann 2mo agoKant would say that the moral harm there isn't to the animal, which isn't a moral subject, but to you since you may be undermining your instinct not to hurt things that look like you (big eyed kittens), making it easier to hurt people. Possibly indulging in your instinct to destroy things which disgust you (skittering cockroaches) also makes it easier to hurt people. So best not to do either unless you have a pretty good reason.