Reply to Re: PETA KILLS ANIMALS?!?!
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You raise some good points.
"I was merely pointing out why it is that we(and ALL species really) generally treat those creatures that are most similar/familiar to us better"
Some parasites and bacteria seem to treat us well... Some, but not all, but still - where is the similarity? (Some people can be considered "parasitic" but thats not what I mean...)
"But the sort of altruism found in fiction where someone does something 'good' and is not getting ANYTHING in return for the behavior does not exist. Any moral act you can possibly state I can easily show you where the 'reward'/benefit is for the individual"
I'm sure you could, but is it always the persons intention? What did Mahatma Ghandi get? Imprisonment?
"I was merely pointing out why it is that we(and ALL species really) generally treat those creatures that are most similar/familiar to us better"
Some parasites and bacteria seem to treat us well... Some, but not all, but still - where is the similarity? (Some people can be considered "parasitic" but thats not what I mean...)
"But the sort of altruism found in fiction where someone does something 'good' and is not getting ANYTHING in return for the behavior does not exist. Any moral act you can possibly state I can easily show you where the 'reward'/benefit is for the individual"
I'm sure you could, but is it always the persons intention? What did Mahatma Ghandi get? Imprisonment?
