Children are ethically immature? Who could have guessed?!?
Ah, but the question is "is valuing all lives regardless of species ethically immature?"
Children choose to save dogs over humans, adults chose 1 human over 100 dogs
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#33I got a puppy when the pandemic hit, since I live alone and figured it'd help me cope with the isolation. This is the first pet I've ever owned. I thought that I would be able to "love" it the way other people seem to. But I can't, and until seeing this article I almost felt like that meant I was sociopathic or something. Sure it's cute, but I would also have no hesitation whatsoever in killing it to save the life of…
I loved all my cats. Still I would sacrifice them to save a human, but it would probably take a huge toll on my mental and emotional health.
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#34I think the true nature of death is far less well known the younger you are.
I’d say the true nature of death isn’t something we gain insight into the older we are, either.
Yeah, probably better worded as we don't understand the impact death has on others until we are older and have experienced those impacts ourselves.
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#35Re: Children choose to save dogs over humans, adults chose 1 human over 100 dogs
#36I got a puppy when the pandemic hit, since I live alone and figured it'd help me cope with the isolation. This is the first pet I've ever owned. I thought that I would be able to "love" it the way other people seem to. But I can't, and until seeing this article I almost felt like that meant I was sociopathic or something. Sure it's cute, but I would also have no hesitation whatsoever in killing it to save the life of…
Seriously if you feel this way about your pet you should find someone to adopt it from you.
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#37Scenario: You are at the Louvre Museum, suddenly there's a big fire. You are standing next to the painting of Mona Lisa that is about to catch on fire. From the corner of your eyes you also see a small kitten collapsed under fallen rubbles and desperately and hopelessly trying to get out. Which one do you rescue first?
Save the kitten then bask in the notoriety. When asked why you did it, claim the painting was disappointingly small and very over rated.
I do enjoy the existence of the Mona Lisa!
It keeps people that only came to the Louvre to see it (and nothing else) well-contained to one area.
Leaves more room for me to look at the actually interesting stuff!
Like "Psyche Revived By Cupid's Kiss" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyche_Revived_by_Cupid%27s_Ki...)!
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#38Children are ethically immature? Who could have guessed?!?
Or... Adults become so overly conditioned to accept that killing animals for our daily lives is normal, that we no longer register animal death as an ethical issue.
I don't buy this either. No-kill shelters wouldn't exist if that were true.
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#39At at least some of the age range here (5 years old) children are still trying to understand death (for example they might not experience grief and loss when a close relative dies) and it doesn't make much sense to me to compare to someone that has developed an understanding of it.
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#40Scenario: You are at the Louvre Museum, suddenly there's a big fire. You are standing next to the painting of Mona Lisa that is about to catch on fire. From the corner of your eyes you also see a small kitten collapsed under fallen rubbles and desperately and hopelessly trying to get out. Which one do you rescue first?
I'm going to go for the kitten, but I'm aware that I'm probably in the minority. I don't think I would be able to live with myself if I chose to save an inanimate object over a living creature. And there's the matter that I am of the firm opinion that art being damaged doesn't stop it from being art. It just adds to the story behind the piece. Also, I fucking love cats.
I thought this was a trick question, wouldn't anyone with empathy save the kitten?