Khuutra said:
I don't think that I do, since immigration issues in Europe often are a racial issue. But again: in this case, you mean speciesist. You're suggesting that I am prejudiced against animals, but that's not the case - strictly speaking. I simply think of human life as being more intrinsically valuable than the life of any other species. You can't draw the analogy because it requires acceptance of the idea that black people are to white people as dogs are to humans, which is, uh, absurdly racist unless you think that dog life and human life are basically equivalent. To the bolded: I don't think lowly of animals. I happen to love them quite a lot. I happen to love humans a lot more, my justification for that being that I am human, and whatever benefits my species tops my priority list. I see human life as intrinsically more valuable than the life of other animals, so trading their lives for human lives is acceptable to me. Do you see human life as intrinsically more valuable than the lives of other animals? |
* Yes and no. It depends on the species. Humans are not intrinsically more valuable than any other mammals. But all mammals are more valuable than fish, who in turn are more valuable than insects.
* But why do you draw the line at species? It's just based on feelings. Whats wrong If I draw the line between humans of different cultures or even races? If I did the same analogy, I would say that I happen to love Scandinavian people a lot more than <insert ethic group here> so therefore that gives me the right to mistreat people who are <insert ethic group here>??