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    • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Maybe you should reexamine why you feel that a human's life is inherently at least 70 times as valuable as the life of our closest relatives.

      If your response is "we're smarter though" then I guess you'd support killing 70 mentally disabled humans if it would save the life of one perfectly fit human which is pretty fuckin :yikes:

            • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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              3 years ago

              Nope, either your reading comprehension needs work or you are being disingenuous.

              The point is that "I am smarter than you therefore you deserve to live less than I do" is just straight up reactionary.

                • Catherine_Steward [she/her]
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                  3 years ago

                  Funny how the person I was talking to never said "Actually I think monkeys are 70 times less valuable than humans because xyz." Because I hit the nail on the head, so they had to deflect. You see, there actually is no good reason that a person can give in favor of this argument, so the fact that I already dismantled the only one that sometimes sounds reasonable if you're a eugenicist, they just had to give up in order to avoid the cognitive dissonance which would come from thinking about it.

      • Brak [they/them, e/em/eir]
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        3 years ago

        A lot of them are pretty cringe. Can I verify political ideology first? No bonobo has ever called me a slur.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Ahhh I see. I misunderstood you.

      Difficult one. I understand and agree with the moral arguments that I know someone is going to make any second now, but still think that I personally would struggle with the decision despite believing the ethics arguments. Emotions will take over.

      EDIT: Could also change if I'd bonded with any of the monkeys though. Weird

      • Brak [they/them, e/em/eir]
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        3 years ago

        The emotional connection is the biggest factor. Very easy to prioritize whichever creature you’ve bonded with.

        Most people would choose their dog’s or cat’s life over a random stranger and that’s fine.

    • LeninWalksTheWorld [any]
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      3 years ago

      I'm with you. I don't think it's like a equivalent exchange with 7 monkeys, like that's "worth" more than 1 human I guess (how do you value life), but I'd still definitely go with the human. Feel like I share a closer connection/duty to save my own species than others.