AdamLOV Wrote:If morality pertains to the values and well being of people, then should it not pertain to every other living being as well?Yes it should for the same reasons.
Quote: In fact, one could make the case that formerly living things also enjoy the right to, at minimum, be left alone . For example, one could argue that the organic beings who decomposition formed fossil fuels have the right not to be burned by combustion motors.No because dead things have no conciousness or feelings.
Quote:Another point: sadism and torture have been sources of enjoyment for a small but significant minority of people since time immemorial. Therefore to be restricted from causing pain and suffering is, for such deviant people, a source of pain and suffering How could one solve such a conundrum?No because the disatisfaction of unsatisfied sadists is outweighed by the suffering of those they torture and by the extreme agitation of those who disapprove of it
