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Re:Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentien... by sorokod on Monday November 22, 2021 @04:59AM (#29304706)
Nature can be cruel and we're part of nature

But we (humans) do exclude ourselves from being part of nature like that. If you believe that this is morally correct, how would you define the general criteria for this exclusion?

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Re:Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentien... by jillesvangurp on Monday November 22, 2021 @10:28AM (#29307362)
I don't actually believe that; but I can't speak for everyone of course and obviously many of us think we're pretty special. I think the distinction is not that helpful though. I think the issue is actually us projecting our own subjective morals and values rather selectively, very subjectively and a bit inconsistently.
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