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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoonly by definitions that stretch the term to meaninglessness
minus-square@wafflezlink1•1 month agoYour inability to express kindness for victims doesn’t make the words meaningless. Don’t pay for murder
minus-square@wafflezlink1•1 month agoIt’s killing another being who’s morally significant. It’s murder. Just as killing someone’s dog is murder.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoi do t know what you mean by morally significant
minus-square@wafflezlink1•1 month agoA being who has the capacity to suffer. Depriving someone of future experiences is suffering
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoI do t know why that would make them morally significant or what moral significance is supposed to mean. kant never discussed it. I don’t actually know of any ethicist who has used the phrase.
minus-square@wafflezlink1•30 days agoIt’s popular in modern philosophy discussions. It means a being who is morally valuable
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•30 days agocan you point to any peer reviewed sources on this?
minus-square@wafflezlink1•29 days agoIt’s used in a variety of different settings and ways online, not just peer reviewed sources lol. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/philosophy/article/abs/is-every-action-morally-significant/8B98FABF7F010004F27F5B0425CC77C6
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•29 days agothe term is certainly used there, but it’s not in the same context. i don’t think you know this topic well enough to engage on it.
it’s not murder.
It’s murder.
only by definitions that stretch the term to meaninglessness
Your inability to express kindness for victims doesn’t make the words meaningless. Don’t pay for murder
I dont
You do if you fund it
i don’t fund it, either
If you pay for animal products you do.
no, i don’t
It’s killing another being who’s morally significant. It’s murder. Just as killing someone’s dog is murder.
i do t know what you mean by morally significant
A being who has the capacity to suffer. Depriving someone of future experiences is suffering
I do t know why that would make them morally significant or what moral significance is supposed to mean. kant never discussed it. I don’t actually know of any ethicist who has used the phrase.
It’s popular in modern philosophy discussions. It means a being who is morally valuable
can you point to any peer reviewed sources on this?
It’s used in a variety of different settings and ways online, not just peer reviewed sources lol.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/philosophy/article/abs/is-every-action-morally-significant/8B98FABF7F010004F27F5B0425CC77C6
the term is certainly used there, but it’s not in the same context. i don’t think you know this topic well enough to engage on it.