• flamingos-cant@feddit.uk
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    11 months ago

    Like what? What criteria would allow for toddlers to be given moral consideration that would exclude animals?

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              11 months ago

              ok well that line of argument falls prey to a line-drawing fallacy. there is a clear difference between people and non-human animals. even if there is no singular trait, or no less-than-complete set of traits that we can point to as the distinguishing mark, it is obvious that there is a difference or we wouldn’t discriminate between humans and non-human animals.

              SINCE THAT IS NOT WHERE YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE HEADING

              i would just say “we’re human” and, in light of the rebuttal to the NTT argument (which you weren’t conciously advancing), i think it’s that is sufficient.

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                11 months ago

                it is obvious that there is a difference or we wouldn’t discriminate between humans and non-human animals.

                Isn’t this just the is-ought problem though? Just because we currently distinguish between animals and humans doesn’t mean we ought to.

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                  11 months ago

                  Isn’t this just the is-ought problem though?

                  i don’t think so. it’s clear that pigs aren’t human. they are different.

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                    11 months ago

                    I’m not saying there are, but just because we currently murder pigs is not justification to continue killing them.