RE: Atheists only vote please: Do absolute MORAL truths exist? Is Rape ALWAYS "wr...
February 19, 2015 at 11:51 pm
(This post was last modified: February 19, 2015 at 11:53 pm by Losty.)
(February 19, 2015 at 10:59 pm)JuliaL Wrote:(February 19, 2015 at 10:53 pm)Losty Wrote: With rights come responsibilities.Why?
Quote:That is my entire point. It is not the right of an animal to not be harmed, but rather the responsibility of a human being to not harm animals.
Considering your right/responsibility relationship as a unit then can you be restated without alteration of meaning to say that, "the animal has a right not to be harmed by a human?" .
You can say it however you like. I wasn't trying to derail the thread. I was saying the concept of animals having rights makes no sense to me.
However you want to word it, we agree on what is important. It is not okay for people to harm animals. I probably feel less strongly about it than you do. I'm not a vegetarian and I will certainly drown a spider in Lysol without an ounce of guilt.
(February 19, 2015 at 11:45 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:(February 19, 2015 at 10:41 pm)whateverist Wrote: ...
Rape can't be wrong for all critters. For some that may be the only way of reproduction.
Can't?
You seem to suppose that the survival of a species is of sufficient importance that its continuance would justify rape. Is that what you mean?
Why can't it be that if a species cannot survive without rape, then it ought not survive?
Animals are not the same as humans.... They rape each other...they don't seem to care much. Maybe it's not their favorite but I don't think they suffer any emotional trauma.
