▲ 867 ▼ You’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing it (www.vox.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 213 comments fedilink hide all child comments Not really sure what to put here...I usually put relevant excerpts, but that got this post deleted for doing that
[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works -5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Slaves are humans by definition. Every definition beings with “A person who…” Knowledge of definitions has nothing to do with empathy. It’s hard to take people seriously when they insist we don’t know the meanings of words. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago The best definition I've seen of a "person" is "A being worthy of moral consideration." (a commonly used concept in moral philosophy). So yeah, that definition can be applied to a cow, unless you believe that no amount of suffering imposed on a cow for any or no reason could ever constitute an immoral act. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago The best definition I've seen of a "person" is "A being worthy of moral consideration." (a commonly used concept in moral philosophy). So yeah, that definition can be applied to a cow, unless you believe that no amount of suffering imposed on a cow for any or no reason could ever constitute an immoral act. permalink fedilink source parent