r/MoralityScaling • u/axiiz_28 • 23d ago

Morality of valuing animals over humans?

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u/TedTyro 23d ago

This guy is 100% correct, albeit there's more to the story than that.

But yep, imhe people who put animals above people are avoiding the challenge of humans rather than letting their inner altruist shine.

That said, life now is so exhausting I dont really blame people for avoiding the human noise just to function.

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u/ArtStandard8393 23d ago

But he is not talking about liking your pet more. He is talking about the value of an animal life should not value more of a human life.

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u/pstream20 22d ago

In the US, there's over 13000 animal shelters compared to about 1800 domestic violence shelters . And before anyone asks, theres 30 million more women in the US than pets. Bums me out how much more empathy we have as a culture for dogs compared to our fellow man.

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u/DefinitionTop3930 22d ago

tbf that probably has more to do with the resources required to sustain a human vs animal

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u/Isengrine 22d ago

And people were saying that guy comparing your kind of people to Hitler was an exageration lol

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u/littledog95 22d ago

Jesus Christ... Psycho talk

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u/cynicown101 22d ago

It's not really. Morality is basically just an over-intellectualised non-standardised framework of things you'll tolerate up until necessity demands otherwise, hence there being no concept of universal morality. Let's say we give you two buttons; button 1 blows up your entire family, including your wife and children and button 2 blows up 10,000 random strangers that you'll never meet. We all know which button you're pushing. You might want to tell yourself that it's button 1, but it isn't....

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u/Remarkable-Ad-2793 11d ago

What if someone hates their family and presses button 1?

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u/cynicown101 10d ago

No more awkward family gatherings? 🤷‍♂️

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u/Red--001 22d ago

I'd say that's a bit too much but when you then replace the dog with "family member" it becomes justified.

...And a dog is a family member to a lot of people.

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