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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I didn't say they had the same value. I said they had value. Consuming them for hedonistic pleasure is only ethically consistent with the view that animals have effectively zero or even negative intrinsic value.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

All of your efforts at self-preservation seem to disagree.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

intrinsic value implies objectivity, and i cannot be objective about my own wellbeing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well your body is just a tool your mind uses to complete tasks right? You can be objective about the tools you use can't you? You could even similarly protect your tools like your mind protects your body if you felt it necessary.

How do you decide what you can be objective about and what you can't?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

this is far afield from the discussion and I have no interest in entertaining it. have a nice day

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Did you not post "nothing has intrinsic value"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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