RE: The Fawn
June 26, 2014 at 11:40 pm
(This post was last modified: June 26, 2014 at 11:41 pm by Jenny A.)
Morality is largely based on empathy. We are more empathetic about one person we know, or one person who's story we know than100,000 people we don't know. You felt sorry because you took the time to empathize.
I sympathize. I once killed a bat with my heel. It had a broken wing and other lacerations and was crying in fear and pain. I stepped on it's head and finished it, but I felt sad. The problem is that I killed it because I felt sorry for it. Just like you felt sorry for the fawn.
For a while we raised rabbits to eat. We very carefully did not make pets of those destined for the table. But the breeding does were pets. We didn't eat them even we they died of natural causes. Friends raise geese. They name them things like Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter for just that reason.
I sympathize. I once killed a bat with my heel. It had a broken wing and other lacerations and was crying in fear and pain. I stepped on it's head and finished it, but I felt sad. The problem is that I killed it because I felt sorry for it. Just like you felt sorry for the fawn.
For a while we raised rabbits to eat. We very carefully did not make pets of those destined for the table. But the breeding does were pets. We didn't eat them even we they died of natural causes. Friends raise geese. They name them things like Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter for just that reason.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
