Current Events > C/D A human's life is always worth more than an animal's

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your opinion?

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Depends on the human and the quality of animal.

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I would save my dog over many people.

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Harambe proved this logic wrong.

Nearly always. Someone that is too dangerous to let live (Prison murderers, undetainable terrorists, drug lords, murderous dictators) is not more valuable than your average animal as their "worth", or perhaps more appropriately, their "Risk" to society as a whole is so deep in the red. Other than that, yes.

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If this was 120 years ago, I'd value my horse over any human alive.

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Pogo_Marimo posted...

Nearly always. Someone that is too dangerous to let live (Prison murderers, undetainable terrorists, drug lords, murderous dictators) is not more valuable than your average animal as their "worth", or perhaps more appropriately, their "Risk" to society as a whole is so deep in the red. Other than that, yes.

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All life is equal. Its the crime of Christianity and social Darwinism that we value ourselves so highly. And actually once you no longer put yourself above the birds or dogs, Ive seemed to appreciate non human life more. Humanity has always justified crime on the basis of bigger brains. Whether its when black slaves were okay because they were uncivilized or the meat industry, we will always justify horror out of our own person convenience.

im also not vegan yet, its not an easy way to live so Im not saying Im above this either. I have my own failures in this regard. But we should at least acknowledge that we need to improve as humans. That starts with no longer treating ourselves as superior to other creatures living on earth

D, hard D

FrankJaegr posted...

D, hard D

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How can the life of a human be worth more than an animal's when humans ARE animals?

lemondrop7 posted...

All life is equal. Its the crime of Christianity and social Darwinism that we value ourselves so highly. And actually once you no longer put yourself above the birds or dogs, Ive seemed to appreciate non human life more. Humanity has always justified crime on the basis of bigger brains. Whether its when black slaves were okay because they were uncivilized or the meat industry, we will always justify horror out of our own person convenience.

im also not vegan yet, its not an easy way to live so Im not saying Im above this either. I have my own failures in this regard. But we should at least acknowledge that we need to improve as humans. That starts with no longer treating ourselves as superior to other creatures living on earth

Reminder that Vertebrates =/= animals

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Shadowplay posted...

How can the life of a human be worth more than an animal's when humans ARE animals?

Animals actually have humanity, while humans are always bordering that line in the interest of logic based thinking

an imaginary amalgamation that has no shape or character and no physical form - we really reach into the spaces of literal nothing in order to justify things that are gaudy

D. Depends on the person.

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If were talking the average everyday person vs even my own dog Id have to pick the person.

There are many peoples whose lives are worth less than an animals however.

bumpo

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lemondrop7 posted...

All life is equal. Its the crime of Christianity and social Darwinism that we value ourselves so highly. And actually once you no longer put yourself above the birds or dogs, Ive seemed to appreciate non human life more. Humanity has always justified crime on the basis of bigger brains. Whether its when black slaves were okay because they were uncivilized or the meat industry, we will always justify horror out of our own person convenience.

im also not vegan yet, its not an easy way to live so Im not saying Im above this either. I have my own failures in this regard. But we should at least acknowledge that we need to improve as humans. That starts with no longer treating ourselves as superior to other creatures living on earth

You think Christianity made humans value themselves over animals? Humans were extincting animals before organized religion even existed. Self-preservation is a natural result of evolution, and it results in higher complexity organisms making necessary value assessments about itself (Or its offspring) in comparison to others, whether consciously or not. There is no organism on the planet that is both capable of neurological complexity and also equally values other species to itself. It's not a bug, it's a feature.

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Lmao good god no. FUCK no

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This is an obvious D.

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