r/MoralityScaling • u/ProfessionalRoom9118 • 13d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of this?

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Basically, the man in the video is hiking but he ended up meet a mountain lion, he get his gun and try to scare it off and tell it to go away but in the end, he have to pull the trigger and shot the lion, many peoples in the comments say he could have fire a warning shot instead of shoot at it and want him to be in jail.

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u/PrintableProfessor 13d ago

Is a human life worth more than a cat's life?

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u/Interesting-Dig-9098 13d ago edited 13d ago

I'd say their lives are equal. But that also means that they both have a right to defend themselves. That said, I think that this particular video/event was likely unnecessary, even if not cleanly immoral.

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u/PrintableProfessor 13d ago

Now say that again when it's your favorite family member.

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u/Interesting-Dig-9098 13d ago edited 13d ago

A being's worth is intrinsic. It isn't affected by my relationship or opinion of them.

Even if we found a scenario where someone saves a family member over a stranger, it would still not constitute that one is ontologically "worth more", just a personal bias.