Should we care about the life of an ant?

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

  1. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    A small rock of course..

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    Hey, everyone gets pissed off sometimes. Maybe the people that like to take it out on an animal also take it out on their wife.

    I see absolutely NO logic in killing an ant because you have stress. Just because insects are small doesn't mean they deserve less respect. Would you have said the same things if the title of the thread was "Should we care about the life of a deer" ?

    I will not accept it. The best choice is to point it out to these people that what they are doing isn't right and hope you reach one or two.
     
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  3. superluminal I am MalcomR Valued Senior Member

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    Should we care about the life of an ant? No.
     
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  5. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Should I care about you ?
     
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  7. draqon Banned Banned

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    Yeah I would have said same thing. I say if it takes out pain within a human...psychological pain...than go do it...kill the deer to save the human.
     
  8. draqon Banned Banned

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    yes, he/she is human...he/she has genetic information that can be favorable to existence of human civilization further evolution.
     
  9. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Well, I don't think a lot of people would agree with you when it's about a deer instead of an ant.
     
  10. draqon Banned Banned

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    ...we are are talking here between a choice of a humand or something else.

    Anything else...but not a human.
     
  11. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    So why should I care ? We don't need anymore people with that mindset, destroying nature is destroying mankind.
     
  12. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    What I meant is, people are hypocrites. It's ok to step on an ant but 'oh no don't kill that cute little bunny.. '.

    People draw an arbitrary line somewhere where they don't have to care about the animals 'below' it. It's hypocritical.
     
  13. draqon Banned Banned

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    well I am not a hypocrite. I am human also, as well.
     
  14. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Most people are. I applaud that you are not, but I still don't get how you can agree with someone killing a deer because he is stressed out.
     
  15. draqon Banned Banned

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    because he could have killed a human instead.
     
  16. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Because he was stresses out !? :bugeye:
    If that were true he belongs behind bars, he's mentally unstable or a psychopath.
     
  17. draqon Banned Banned

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    you would be surprised how many people are mentally unstable. There will be not enough bars to hold them all.
     
  18. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Unfortunately your are right, but it still doesn't make it right to kill an animal because you are stressed out.

    I agree that it may be more favorable to let the lunatic kill kill an ant instead of a human, but both killings are wrong.
     
  19. draqon Banned Banned

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    you cannot live like Buddha, floating above the world. Exerting no force on the world. You kill bacteria every day...why do you lessen bacteria lifes below ants lifes? just because bacteria are small...you lessen them?
     
  20. superluminal I am MalcomR Valued Senior Member

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    No.
     
  21. superluminal I am MalcomR Valued Senior Member

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    No, they're not. Ants are simple biological automata, no more worthy of "care" or respect than a chunk of construction debris.
     
  22. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    I'm talking about intentional killing for no good purpose.
    If your house is invested with wasps because there is a wasps nest on the porch you can have them exterminated. But if you are taking a walk in the forest and you see a mushroom it is not alright to step on it just for the fun of it. But if you step on it by accident it's alright.
     
  23. Enmos Valued Senior Member

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    Do you know what biological means ? It's LIFE and it's to be respected.
     

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