(October 31, 2013 at 2:20 pm)John V Wrote:(October 31, 2013 at 2:00 pm)freedomfromfallacy Wrote: The 'golden' rule. Don't do to others what you wouldn't want done to you - like threaten them with wrath. It's just not nice JohnWe kill sentient beings all the time, merely for being tasty or annoying. We don't want to be killed. So, either your understanding of rights is incorrect, or we're really, really evil.
We kill because it is part of evolution, we also don't kill because of empathy which is also part of evolution, neither require a poofdaddy as a gap answer to explain reality.