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Earlier quoted context omitted.
One reason is that we can communicate with (most) other humans to establish the shared boundary in a way we cannot (as reliably?) with other life. I make no particular claim here as to how this reason should be weighed against the various other reasons pulling in the various directions.
How is that actually relevant though? Do your morals change when it comes to humans you cannot communicate with?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
One reason is that we can communicate with (most) other humans to establish the shared boundary in a way we cannot (as reliably?) with other life. I make no particular claim here as to how this reason should be weighed against the various other reasons pulling in the various directions.
How is that actually relevant though? Do your morals change when it comes to humans you cannot communicate with?
I am not saying this makes up the entirety of my moral system, and I am explicitly (here) saying that a naive application does not.