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Oh it's all speciesism. A human has more inherent worth in the common human morals. It makes zero sense from a logical point of view, probably an evolutionary r
by Kenji 11y ago
Oh it's all speciesism. A human has more inherent worth in the common human morals. It makes zero sense from a logical point of view, probably an evolutionary remnant.
- reagency 11y agoOne day I might have a mentally disabled child. I will have an orangutan as a genetic heir or friend. That logically explains the common sense ethics.
- reagency 11y agoOne day I might have a mentally disabled child. I will have an orangutan as a genetic heir or friend. That logically explains the common sense ethics.
- danieltillett 11y agoSpeciesism is ridiculous concept. Humans are inherently worth more than other animals. This does not mean that we should go out of way to maltreat animals, but when the choice is a human life verses an animal’s life then the human's should always come first. In regards orangutans we can certainly do a better job of ensuring both can exist.
- rawTruthHurts 11y ago> inherently worth more According to what scale?
- danieltillett 11y agoAsk yourself how many animals you would kill to save you own child. If the answer is a number without limit then there is no morality in letting someone else child die to save some animal.
- rawTruthHurts 11y agoOh... so it's a scale set by you... :(
- danieltillett 11y agoNo it a scale set by everyone who has thought about this issue for more than five minutes. Are you really telling me that you would let your own child die so some animal can live? If so you either have no children nor should you.
- mehwoot 11y agoIt makes zero sense from a logical point of view No, it makes a lot of sense. Treating all species the same would make very little sense. Do bacteria have the same rights as lice which have the same rights as mice which have the same rights as dogs which have the same rights as whales? In reality, it is a scale. How much we care about an animal varies depending on how big it is, how intelligent it is, what it is capable of and how it interacts with our lives. To pretend every species is the same is just wilfully naive.