How Do You Value Lifeforms?

[dsgrue3]

kowenicki said:

dsgrue3 said:
The title doesn't match the OP at all.

I'd save a family pet over a human stranger any day and twice on Sunday. You're all completely worthless to me, so why would I save you?

Now animal stranger vs human stranger would be different. It's about connection. We identify with our own species.

save?

hmmm

Really?

Well how about swerving your car to avoid running over your pet if it meant ploughing into a pushchair where you can see a baby sat there.

My instinct to swerve to avoid running over my pet would cause tunnel vision and I wouldn't even notice the baby until its carcass is melded to my fender.

We're overpopulating anyway, no harm done. Keep your baby out of the damn road.