Should we care about the life of an ant?

Discussion in 'General Philosophy' started by Why?, Sep 21, 2007.

  1. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    How so? For the ant? For me? If it's not wrong to kill an ant, then why is it wrong to go out of your way to kill an ant? Is it just bad for me? Why? It's not like ant killing leads to killing people.
     
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  5. maxg Registered Senior Member

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    No because they aren't going to do the same to you (at least most of them aren't). Also, there's no need to. Just get a job in a mortuary and you can get all the meat you want. As for the morality of eating human flesh, I'd say that there's nothing immoral about it but most people find the practice distasteful.
     
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  7. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    I go out of my way to kill ants, because I don't like their creepy crawly selves.
     
  8. shichimenshyo Caught in the machine Registered Senior Member

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    So is going out of your way to kill a buny different then killing an ant, cause personally I cant stand how cute they are.
     
  9. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Hmm...? Good question. Killing a bunny is more like killing a person, so I would stay away from that. A lot of blood, a body to dispose of, and also a mammal.
     
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    how is it any different then what you just told me? I find them to be gross so if I see one I kill it. Do you see why this type of animal cruelty can be linked to more srious mental disorders or violent behavior. Ant, then bunny, and just move your way up the ladder
     
  11. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    No. I see a big difference between an ant and a bunny. Hell, I would be scared to kill a bunny, because the little bastard might viciously fight back.
     
  12. shichimenshyo Caught in the machine Registered Senior Member

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    What about a bunny and a dog?
     
  13. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    You mean a bunny-dog? Could a bunny procreate with a dog? Scientists - I want answers!
     
  14. shichimenshyo Caught in the machine Registered Senior Member

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    Okay let me be very specific Do you see a difference between going out of your way to kill a bunny, and going out of your way to kill a dog?


    Im sorry there was some confusion there maybe you should remeber what your own topic was to begin with

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  15. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Yes. A dog is more human like, very smart, and deserving of more respect than a bunny.
     
  16. shichimenshyo Caught in the machine Registered Senior Member

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    So because you give dogs the stigma of being more like a human they have more of a right to survive a cruel and untimely death at your hands?
     
  17. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Yes. That's right. But, I wouldn't call it a stigma. I would call it a positive association.
     
  18. shichimenshyo Caught in the machine Registered Senior Member

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    I dont think that any animal should be killed just for the sake of killing it, and thats a ridiculous double standard to say that because of the impression that an animal is more human it has more of a right to be alive than another. Now im no saint and I have killed bugs just to kill bugs but did I feel bad? yes. Do you feel any remorse for killing the ants when you kill them, do you ever put yourself in their shoes? I bet it would be pretty fucking shitty if a huge as foot came out of the sky and stomped on you wouldnt it?
     
  19. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    I put them under my shoes. No, I never felt guilty. If I felt guilty, I probably wouldn't have killed the little pricks. And, I don't think it's a double standard to prefer dogs over ants. Dogs are better than ants.
     
  20. shichimenshyo Caught in the machine Registered Senior Member

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    how are dogs better than ants? From a natural perspective ants are far more numerous and far more succesful as a species than dogs, they can lift more mass and are faster if you take size into account.
     
  21. redarmy11 Registered Senior Member

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    So we eat meat because cows are going to eat humans.

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    We need to eat beef.

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    Or a slaughterhouse.
    Whereas vegetarians find eating cows acceptable.

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  22. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    An ant can't get me my slippers.
     
  23. shichimenshyo Caught in the machine Registered Senior Member

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    ohh very good so the actual determining factor of a species right to live is its usefullness to you as a person
     

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