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(...) To what end? Your implication seems to be simply that there are bad people. But we all know that. The discussion of what a 'right' actually is, has nothing to do (in my mind, at least) with whether or not certain people respect rights, or even (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sounds like you agree, then: animals are amoral. They do not have morals or recognise rights the way that creatures with a developed reasoning system do. Note that to be amoral if you are not capable of being moral is not bad, it is not good, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree. But calling the lion, in this case, amoral makes it sound like it has a choice? (...) Dead animals don’t run away. Dead animals don’t jab you with their big pointy horns. (...) You may be right. I am no expert. (...) The problem with (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Nature of rights? (was: Did animals have rights before we invented rights?)
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(...) It sounds like you're were going somewhere good and have given up Larry. I assume (hope!) your goal in all this was not to get to the point where you could just tell folks that they don't understand rights. I think there must be common (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Look up the difference between amoral and immoral. There is nothing *immoral* about it, but it most certainly IS amoral, unless you think animals reason about morality and make ethical decisions. (To Ross, it's more reasonable to ask that you (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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