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Re:Skin too fragile to touch by Retra on Sunday July 12, 2015 @10:42AM (#9873629)
That is not my logic, you've completely missed my point. The adult human brain is the most powerful decision-making tool known to have ever existed anywhere in the entire universe. That being the trait that makes humans valuable, and slavery undermining that makes it somewhat incompatible with my morality.

Chickens do not have that potential to be valuable decision-makers. That is the only reason it is acceptable to breed them for death.

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Re:Skin too fragile to touch by juliangregorian on Sunday July 12, 2015 @11:26AM (#9873743)
What a weird and arbitrary (and absurdly anthropocentric) standard for who is regarded as valuable.
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Re:Skin too fragile to touch by Retra on Sunday July 12, 2015 @11:56AM (#9873838)
You could say the same about any morality, though I don't see why you think it's arbitrary or anthropocentric. For one, I am talking about the properties of information, which isn't arbitrary. And you could certainly build a machine, find another animal, or locate an ecosystem that has more value than humans.

Especially when you've got a world of absurd religious philosophies to compare it to.

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Re:Skin too fragile to touch by juliangregorian on Sunday July 12, 2015 @12:59PM (#9874057)
> For one, I am talking about the properties of information, which isn't arbitrary.

I dunno, do chickens agree with you on that?

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