Re:In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster
by MaxBarraclough on Sunday February 18, 2018 @01:40PM
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> My guess is they would
No, your guess is absurd. Of course they wouldn't.
It's always been possible to quite reliably cause extreme pain with little long-term consequence. The pain remains real, and people remain motivated to avoid that pain.
This isn't even a thought experiment - you're just describing torture!
> killing painlessly doesn't let one off the hook, since it is still killing
If we're talking about human beings: obviously. No-one in their right mind would disagree with that. Most people treat non-human animals as categorically different.
> And if one thinks killing is ok, then some amount of pain should be ok too.
No, your guess is absurd. Of course they wouldn't.
It's always been possible to quite reliably cause extreme pain with little long-term consequence. The pain remains real, and people remain motivated to avoid that pain.
This isn't even a thought experiment - you're just describing torture!
> killing painlessly doesn't let one off the hook, since it is still killing
If we're talking about human beings: obviously. No-one in their right mind would disagree with that. Most people treat non-human animals as categorically different.
> And if one thinks killing is ok, then some amount of pain should be ok too.
Non-sequitur.