Borneo Lost More Than 100k Orangutans from 1999 to 2015

Re:Borneo Lost More Than 100k Orangutans from 1999 to 2015 by ComputerGuru on Friday February 16, 2018 @06:26PM (#16397524)

Don’t be silly, there’s no point in making absolute statements like that. Everything needs to be qualified.

If you could become an imaginary micro unit more happier but it would cost 14 orangutans their lives, does it still hold? And for people on the opposite side, if saving one orangutan was guaranteed to cost a human their life - or perhaps their eyesight or a limb - would it still be worth it?

We’re not living in a 20s silent film, there are shades of gray in this world.

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Re:Borneo Lost More Than 100k Orangutans from 1999 to 2015 by paulcole on Friday February 16, 2018 @06:51PM (#16397732)

>If you could become an imaginary micro unit more happier but it would cost 14 orangutans their lives, does it still hold? And for people on the opposite side, if saving one orangutan was guaranteed to cost a human their life - or perhaps their eyesight or a limb - would it still be worth it?

Neither of those situations exist.

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Re:Borneo Lost More Than 100k Orangutans from 1999 to 2015 by TaylorAlexander on Friday February 16, 2018 @07:23PM (#16397924)

Neither does your false premise. We do not have to choose between the well being of orangutans and the well being of people.

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Re:Borneo Lost More Than 100k Orangutans from 1999 to 2015 by ajmurmann on Friday February 16, 2018 @11:39PM (#16399053)

Actually it does. I can buy cheaper food because Palm oil and orangutans die. I'd rather pay extra and leave them alone.

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