(November 12, 2012 at 8:31 pm)The_Germans_are_coming Wrote: I dont eat together with cockroaches in a resteraunt (at least i hope not)
I dont marry a cockroach and have kids with it.
I dont work for a cockroach
I dont take a hitchhikeing cockroach with me in a car.
Equating cockroaches with humans? humans special so why not cockroaches? wtf!
You cannot define human value by comparing it to a differnet species which isnt eaven part of our sociaty
I don't eat together with a baby in a restaurant.
I don't marry a baby and have kids with it.
I don't work for a baby.
I don't take a hitchhiking baby with me in the car.
What's the difference?
You could also say dogs have more moral worth than cats like this:
I don't play catch with my cat.
My cat doesn't greet me when I come home from work by wagging its tail.
I don't trust my cat to guard my house while I am away.
My cat doesn't listen to verbal commands.
Or, comparing the value of dogs to infants:
In fact, I can have more meaningful experiences with a dog than an infant. Training, playing, walking.
But this doesn't make dogs more valuable than infants, does it?
The truth is, everything we do must be rational and scientific. All our laws and our values should be rational and scientific.
And there is no rational or scientific support to say that humans are any more special. Your examples are totally arbitrary.
You are giving in to Christianized beliefs, not secular beliefs.
