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talkpoliticsI don't recall talking about animal intelligence/rights with you. So let's have at it!
What questions in the area of animal rights do you think are most urgent that we resolve?
Do you see hypocrisy in the way we protect some animals more than others?
First a poll:
[Poll #1768683]
What questions in the area of animal rights do you think are most urgent that we resolve?
Do you see hypocrisy in the way we protect some animals more than others?
First a poll:
[Poll #1768683]
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Date: 10/8/11 20:50 (UTC)Consciousness and emotions are relative to the species. I have human emotions. My cat has emotions, but they are not the same as my emotions. They are cat emotions. Same for consciousness, for certain values all living animals are conscious, even some plants. But that doesn't me that I and a Venus flytrap "share" the experience of consciousness.
On the same level, learning is relative. I can train my cat to use the toilet, but that process of learning is very different than my child being trained to use the toilet.
For me, "animal rights" is a contradiction in terms. Animals do not have rights because rights are not a quality of animalness. We can provide "rights" to animals in relation to us by circumscribing our own actions, but that doesn't mean that "rights" abide in them in any way that I am compelled to respect.
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Date: 10/8/11 22:02 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 10/8/11 22:09 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 10/8/11 22:31 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 10/8/11 22:44 (UTC)Whether cats feel the same way about us and dogs is a question that cannot be answered with current technology, or perhaps ever.
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Date: 10/8/11 22:18 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 11/8/11 18:45 (UTC)