There are many, many factors that go into deciding, it's not as simple as "HURR DURR HOOMANZ BE SPESHUL! HOOMAN EVERTIEM!"
I agree. maybe that's some people's positions but that's not my take on it. my take is that in general, the average person is more important than a dog. there are outlier cases where the person isn't worth saving cause they deserve to die anyway. but that's my criteria - does that person deserve to die? if not, then they should be saved over a dog
This is were the nuance gets complicated.
Say you have a dog. You're a middle aged woman, with no friends or close relatives. Your dog is your life, as sad as it is. You're your dog's life too, you two have a close bond.
It's not surprising to imagine that such a woman would choose her life companion (that totally average dog who happens to love her and live with her for say, 14 to 17 years) rather than the mail guy who is a dick, gives her the side eye and always damages her mail (so, a pretty average mail man and person).
Is she wrong? I don't know, but the nuance is there.
that's probably why she doesn't have any friends
She doesnt have friends because her mail mans a dick?
I was making a joke that she probably doesn't have friends because she values humans and other animals similarly. but it was only half a joke, because the fact is that people view other humans as more important than other animals because of social reasons. friendship comes from trust, and you need to be able to trust other people. if you're the type of person that truly has trouble between saving a human or a dog, then you're probably lacking something socially
Or care about people you care about. For example, between my family or friends and my dog, I would choose them. But not a random stranger. Im not socially inept or anything. I value the life of someone I know over someone I dont, though.
Also, for the lady, it might not be the reason she doesnt have friends or family. I mean, some people lose all family sometimes. I dont even think its that rare. As for friends, its possible they moved away or died. The reason she probably values her dog so much is because there are no people around. Maybe if people were around, she wouldnt have the dog. Or would have value animals so much. When the only thing in your life is a pet, its not that hard to understand someone valuing them... ---
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