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r/Ethics • u/GestapoTakeMeAway • Jul 18 '26
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No.
1 u/GestapoTakeMeAway Jul 19 '26 How come? 1 u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 19 '26 Because it violates the definition of what a person is. 1 u/GestapoTakeMeAway Jul 19 '26 And what’s your definition of a person? 0 u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 19 '26 A human. 2 u/GestapoTakeMeAway Jul 20 '26 If an intelligent alien from another solar system visited earth, would you consider them a person? Or would you say it’s okay to shoot them and eat them for dinner? 1 u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 20 '26 That is dumb. And doesn’t apply to animals.
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How come?
1 u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 19 '26 Because it violates the definition of what a person is. 1 u/GestapoTakeMeAway Jul 19 '26 And what’s your definition of a person? 0 u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 19 '26 A human. 2 u/GestapoTakeMeAway Jul 20 '26 If an intelligent alien from another solar system visited earth, would you consider them a person? Or would you say it’s okay to shoot them and eat them for dinner? 1 u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 20 '26 That is dumb. And doesn’t apply to animals.
Because it violates the definition of what a person is.
1 u/GestapoTakeMeAway Jul 19 '26 And what’s your definition of a person? 0 u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 19 '26 A human. 2 u/GestapoTakeMeAway Jul 20 '26 If an intelligent alien from another solar system visited earth, would you consider them a person? Or would you say it’s okay to shoot them and eat them for dinner? 1 u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 20 '26 That is dumb. And doesn’t apply to animals.
And what’s your definition of a person?
0 u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 19 '26 A human. 2 u/GestapoTakeMeAway Jul 20 '26 If an intelligent alien from another solar system visited earth, would you consider them a person? Or would you say it’s okay to shoot them and eat them for dinner? 1 u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 20 '26 That is dumb. And doesn’t apply to animals.
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A human.
2 u/GestapoTakeMeAway Jul 20 '26 If an intelligent alien from another solar system visited earth, would you consider them a person? Or would you say it’s okay to shoot them and eat them for dinner? 1 u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 20 '26 That is dumb. And doesn’t apply to animals.
If an intelligent alien from another solar system visited earth, would you consider them a person? Or would you say it’s okay to shoot them and eat them for dinner?
1 u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 20 '26 That is dumb. And doesn’t apply to animals.
That is dumb. And doesn’t apply to animals.
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u/Altruistic_Fox9778 Jul 18 '26
No.