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originally posted in:Secular Sevens
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4/24/2013 7:38:53 PM
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Animals and Rights.
This has bothering me for a while now. I've been struggling with trying to find a good justification for my position on animal rights. To simplify my position in a single sentence, I think it's unethical for humans to kill/torture any animals that are "cute", but it's ok to do so to "ugly" animals. And for some time I've come to the conclusion that my justification sucks, but I found it too difficult to try to find a better justification, and way too painful to simply change my position entirely. So I've been ignoring the subject entirely until now. And since I can't stop thinking about it now, I really need to find to find a logical standpoint with logical justifications so that my mind can be at ease. And I think you guys can help me.
So, Secular Sevens + The public forum people, I would like to know your positions on animal rights and your justifications.
EDIT: My stance has changed and I'm currently working on defining/polishing it.
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I honestly only find necessary hunger as any justification for killing anything. I'd describe your position like this: "I think it's a shame to kill a good looking animal, because they are aesthetically pleasing, and interesting. But less attractive animals are perfectly fine for killing, because they are less interesting/fun to look at." And you're right, your opinion does kind of suck. Mostly because, there is no supreme ruling of what animals are interesting and cute and which animals are not. You might think something like the mountain goat is ugly, but I might think that they're pretty neat animals.
