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Re:Cloudflare lays off new hires by xpe on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:07PM (#38962680)
> Animals eat each other. They feed other animals. They spread seeds to propagate plant life. Their decomposing bodies fertilize the earth. There is an ecosystem that exists. Humans don’t have any predators. We’ve created a society where everyone feels entitled to exist. Animals don’t feel entitled to exist. They fight daily to survive. We fight daily to play the game that us humans created. It’s not real, it’s all fabricated...

This is moral confusion. Nature does not set the ethical standards to which we aspire. See the naturalistic fallacy.

Re:Cloudflare lays off new hires by whalesalad on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:12PM (#38962720)
These things you mention are honestly more examples of fabricated concepts. Are you a religious person by chance?
Re:Cloudflare lays off new hires by xpe on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:16PM (#38962739)
The term "socially constructed" is well-understood by many, including myself. Your use of "fabricated concepts" is not clear, however. Care to define it?
Re:Cloudflare lays off new hires by xpe on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:17PM (#38962757)
There are well-developed branches of ethics that are uncoupled from any religious assumptions. Including systems of ethics that reject various forms of moral relativism.
Re:Cloudflare lays off new hires by xpe on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:16PM (#38962745)
> These things you mention are honestly more examples of fabricated concepts. Are you a religious person by chance?

If you are trying to insult me, you should stop that behavior.

Re:Cloudflare lays off new hires by whalesalad on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:18PM (#38962765)
I am genuinely not.
Re:Cloudflare lays off new hires by xpe on Thursday January 11, 2024 @09:33PM (#38962901)
Ok, thanks. Why did you ask the question of e.g. am I religious? Is there a connection?