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Doesn't matter - the chimp and the person were "strangers" yet she valued the chimp's life over the human's life.*blinks*
I think you missed this:
What makes human life more valuable than any other life? Besides just your bias based on the fact that you are human, I mean.
Perhaps we both have the same amount of respect for living creatures. I simply place more respect on humans, even above the amount of respect I already have for all living creatures. And like I said before, if you give them equal chances to survive, you are saying they are equal.
I disagree. I do not see human life as any more valuable than other forms life.
Why is it tasteless to do that?
So you have no answer as to why your life is more important than any other human's?
Yes. But your other quote was about her not being self absorbed. She said that she is self absorbed, but she doesn't value the life of a human stranger more than the life of a stranger chimp in this hypothetical. Neither value judgment placed on those strangers show her lack of value for herself.
No. By flipping a coin I ignore my bias. I'm not justifying killing one over the other - I'm giving both a fair chance to survive.
I truly think if you value human life as equal to animal life, you should not eat any animals because you wouldn't do the same to humans. You shouldn't have animals as pets, because you wouldn't have a human pet. Your dogs and cats should eat at the table just like you do. They should have their own bedroom and bed if they are truly your equal. I think if you were in a car and you were going to hit either a guy or a squirrel, you would swerve away from the guy and toward the squirrel because you value the life of the guy more than the squirrel.
It doesn't mean that I value animals less than she does. It means I value humans more than she does.
Except that it is illegal to eat humans. And rightfully so, given that people would fear that others would eat their children and it would create widespread panic.
I joke that my husband is my human "pet" - but no, I wouldn't consider myself to own another human like I do my pets. Humans have a different legal status than pets do.
No, because it isn't good for animals to eat when humans are eating - especially dogs. Dogs need a human that acts like a leader, otherwise they will be very stressed and try to act like a leader.
Actually, I'm hoping to get a house with enough rooms to have a room for the rats and a tv, a room for the parakeet and my office, and a room just for the kitties, as well as a bedroom for us and a guest bedroom.
Actually I would probably swerve away from the guy because he would be larger and I would see him first. I would try and miss both though if I saw them.
I don't know how much s/he values animal life compared to you. If neither of you are vegan than it's not much of a contrast any way.
How about if the choice was between you and the entire population of, say, New York City?
Just wondering how far you'll go with the self-interest.
PS: I'm not judging you, just enjoying the thread.
It might also be that not every body values all humans equally. I know I don't and there are a lot of variables that come into play.
Indeed. That´s the problem with these hypotheticals - they try to isolate one particular aspect in order to provoke absolute statements, whereas real situations always consist of countless aspects that need to be considered and weighed against each other.
