@hongniuuu@dreeezabz I think choosing something that your own is selfish (not inna negative connotation). People understand that when it’s your baby vs another but others don’t when it’s a pet vs a kid because of our inclination to our own. Thats why I dont really think it’s immoral but selfish.
@hongniuuu@dreeezabz This is the point I agree on, but I also feel that with said biased inclination towards our own. People shouldn’t be shocked when people are confused/ mortified when someone goes against the bias almost all of us have.
@hongniuuu@dreeezabz You’ve made a good point and made me think about it, but I think it comes down to the bonds humans form with each other due to language,the complexity of the mind, and what a human could accomplishthat leads me there to say I value humans over animals.
@hongniuuu@dreeezabz Nah I agree wit u there like people would be a dumbass to save baby hitler over an innocent dog if u weren’t able to change what that kid would end up doing. But the og convo was just about a baby and not who they were gonna be
@hongniuuu@dreeezabz I mean in this hypothetical we don’t know what that child would grow up to be. But I think the fact they COULD make these connections is why.
@hongniuuu@dreeezabz A human could prefer a human to anon human because of the deeper connections humans form wit each other. While prefering one due to skin color is only superficial and observational with no reason other than how they look not who they are. It’s a stark difference
@hongniuuu@dreeezabz Well to the abandoned part, that baby could grow up and make connections. I would only use the attachment comparison between human value and animal value not between humans.
@hongniuuu@dreeezabz I would also say that the bond humans make between each other is more intricate than a human to non human. So saving that child so their parents can have that bond could be seen as more moral.
@hongniuuu@dreeezabz Also even ethics is a human idea that doesn’t apply to animals and we humans are the arbiters of ethics so if as a species we want to maintain ourselves and decide it’s ethical to do so it is.