(July 29, 2019 at 10:36 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:(July 29, 2019 at 10:25 am)Shell B Wrote: You have a very strange moral philosophy and an even stranger commitment to it. Right and wrong isn’t determined by its benefit to humanity.
Right or wrong is a human concept, so it can only have any effect over the long run if enough humans have skin in its game. Ultimately, no concepts of right or wrong, however strongly felt by some at some time, can be sustained and accepted over long periods unless it can plausibly be represented as being beneficial or harmful to humanity.
So What is right or wrong is less salient than why there should be right or wrong. Why there should be right and wrong is determined by benefit to humanity.
Is it, though? Certain animals have compassion and potentially a concept of right and wrong. It’s my belief that we think we are more important than we are. If we’re going to have morals, certainly inflicting pain and suffering on weaker creatures for anything short of survival should be prohibited.
