I certainly think people are more important than non-people. but there is no such thing as inherent worth. worthiness is a value statement, and is subjective.
I realize you didn’t use the words “might makes right”, but that is essentially what you are saying when you say our live are more important. Why do you think they are more important? Because of our intelligence? Would that mean that the lived of a more intelligent species would be worth more than our own? And if so, why do you think that? Do you think it would give them the right to eat us? I’m not saying I disagree with you that a human is more important per se, but I can’t really imagine a truly justifiable why reason it would be that doesn’t rely on logical fallacy and superstition
All people? Are you saying that animal lives don’t have any value whatsoever? Saying that you value people and saying that our lives aren’t inherently more valuable than another’s aren’t mutually exclusive. What metric is that value based on? Or is it purely emotional? Do you think that value you attribute to people has a conditional effect on their value versus someone else’s opinion?
I’m not going to harass you to answer that or say that you’re wrong or argue about it. But you started this by arguing with someone on the “logic” of something—and It’s healthy to challenge your beliefs, convictions, and opinions and to ask yourself what the real bases of those are, and the root of your own logic. That is all that I’m getting at
I certainly think people are more important than non-people. but there is no such thing as inherent worth. worthiness is a value statement, and is subjective.
I realize you didn’t use the words “might makes right”, but that is essentially what you are saying when you say our live are more important. Why do you think they are more important? Because of our intelligence? Would that mean that the lived of a more intelligent species would be worth more than our own? And if so, why do you think that? Do you think it would give them the right to eat us? I’m not saying I disagree with you that a human is more important per se, but I can’t really imagine a truly justifiable why reason it would be that doesn’t rely on logical fallacy and superstition
because I value people.
All people? Are you saying that animal lives don’t have any value whatsoever? Saying that you value people and saying that our lives aren’t inherently more valuable than another’s aren’t mutually exclusive. What metric is that value based on? Or is it purely emotional? Do you think that value you attribute to people has a conditional effect on their value versus someone else’s opinion?
I’m not going to harass you to answer that or say that you’re wrong or argue about it. But you started this by arguing with someone on the “logic” of something—and It’s healthy to challenge your beliefs, convictions, and opinions and to ask yourself what the real bases of those are, and the root of your own logic. That is all that I’m getting at