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16/2/11 01:45 (UTC)
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> but I don't see why we should think so. Is it mistreatment for a
> lion to eat a gazelle?
Isn't this the naturalist fallicy? Because it happens in nature, it must be right?
Is it 'immoral' for an avalanche to kill a man by dropping rocks on his head?
I would say no... morality doesn't enter into it.
Is it immoral for me to kill a man by dropping rocks on his head? I would say yes (with possible caveats for conditions).
The lack of moral turpitude of avalanches is not an argument for any similar lack when I drop rocks on people.
And so goes the lion argument.
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Date: 16/2/11 01:45 (UTC)> lion to eat a gazelle?
Isn't this the naturalist fallicy? Because it happens in nature, it must be right?
Is it 'immoral' for an avalanche to kill a man by dropping rocks on his head?
I would say no... morality doesn't enter into it.
Is it immoral for me to kill a man by dropping rocks on his head? I would say yes (with possible caveats for conditions).
The lack of moral turpitude of avalanches is not an argument for any similar lack when I drop rocks on people.
And so goes the lion argument.