• sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    I believe emotion is the basis for morality, and there is no objective morality. I have little emotional reaction to an ant dying. I have some emotional reaction to a dolphin dying. I have a great emotional reaction to a human dying. Your emotional reactions to these things are different from mine. That’s where the conversation ends for me.

    I could make up an explanation like yours to explain why I feel this way, but the truth is that I just feel this way. I believe that’s also the real explanation for why you feel the way you do. I doubt you really logic and reasoned your way into caring for humans and animals equally.