(August 22, 2011 at 7:18 pm)Shell B Wrote: Hmmm . . . that's a little subjective. Dolphins have been known to help people. Lions have been known to treat members of other species with compassion. With bears, it depends on the species, sex and age of the bear, but not many are the crazed killers people would have them as.
I see where you're going with this, but some animals are capable of compassion for other species.
And many are not capable at all. Which is his point -- it is an inconsistent measure of worth or value and is subjective up the wazoo. Kinda like Skeptic's rationale for "reducing suffering."
Much like sentience is a rather subjective and inconsistent "measure" that prompts the question, why should we care?
