The thing is, there's a tangible measurement. We can measure it by our choices.
I'd feed myself before I fed my dog. That's a real thing. I prefer my well-being over that of a dog.
People choose to feed their dogs over feeding sad little starving African kids. Because our dogs have more value to us.
Is that not evidence that your 'we're one big species in this together' is overrated? Most of us tangibly choose non-humans welfare over humans we aren't connected to.
And it doesn't stop there. We choose a lot of things more questionable than the welfare of a dog over other humans. Inanimate objects that bring us a bit of joy tend to be more valuable to us than other humans.
All things being equal, sure, we'd prefer those 1000's of people in the Phillipines not die. But I think reality shows that it's VERY inconsequential at most to us?
I'd feed myself before I fed my dog. That's a real thing. I prefer my well-being over that of a dog.
People choose to feed their dogs over feeding sad little starving African kids. Because our dogs have more value to us.
Is that not evidence that your 'we're one big species in this together' is overrated? Most of us tangibly choose non-humans welfare over humans we aren't connected to.
And it doesn't stop there. We choose a lot of things more questionable than the welfare of a dog over other humans. Inanimate objects that bring us a bit of joy tend to be more valuable to us than other humans.
All things being equal, sure, we'd prefer those 1000's of people in the Phillipines not die. But I think reality shows that it's VERY inconsequential at most to us?
