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Tristan -> RE: Animal Rights (3/21/2007 6:51:54 PM)
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What is a "right" and where does it come from?
FirmKY
The suffering we create because of the factory farm system is probably worse than anything we as humans have done before throughout history, but it's ok because we can distance ourselves from that action because we can say animals are different from us. Those same words have been used throughout history to justify everything from slavery to the ethnic cleansing of people around the world.
What difference does it make if another can suffer? Why do we chose whose suffering is more important? Yet, we do. It was easy for people to justify the suffering of slaves because of their skin color or the suffering of jews because of their religion. Now, we justify suffering based on genetic code. Do a quick search for factory farms and you will see what I mean by suffering.
As for rights, I don't think there is any such thing. My best guess is that human morality is centered around the formation of powerful groups of which you desire to be a member, and the subjugation of others. We can also be very kind and compassionate, but only when we identify with another. The other might be human, it might be a cat or dog, or it might be farm animal. We can also be cruel beyond words. Rights seem to be completely arbitrary.
Tristan
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