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.
living things are in competition and killing is a matter of course. it is natural. i think a special case must be made against killings. among humans, there are many (distinct) arguments against killing. among the ones i’ve heard, the ones which would also apply to animals are not ones that i personally believe.
living things are in competition and killing is a matter of course. it is natural.
And?
i think a special case must be made against killings. among humans, there are many (distinct) arguments against killing. among the ones i’ve heard, the ones which would also apply to animals are not ones that i personally believe.
What do you believe? From what I’ve been able to gather from your replies to me and others, you put hold the following two beliefs:
That ‘human’ is a distinct category of being that makes us the only thing worthy of moral consideration;
That the practice of killing animals is so widespread, so normalised, that it must be morally OK, because if it were wrong, we wouldn’t practice it so widely;
NTT?
“name the trait”
Never heard of the term before now, but yeah I suppose it is NTT.
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.
Isn’t this just the is-ought problem though? Just because we currently distinguish between animals and humans doesn’t mean we ought to.
i don’t think so. it’s clear that pigs aren’t human. they are different.
I’m not saying there are, but just because we currently murder pigs is not justification to continue killing them.
living things are in competition and killing is a matter of course. it is natural. i think a special case must be made against killings. among humans, there are many (distinct) arguments against killing. among the ones i’ve heard, the ones which would also apply to animals are not ones that i personally believe.
And?
What do you believe? From what I’ve been able to gather from your replies to me and others, you put hold the following two beliefs:
I don’t think these are sound arguments.