Whish Socrates and Plato would come back to tear these preeners new ones. What is worse, the monks of Medieval debating how many angels can dance on a pin or these so called philosophers debating a willful disregard for human life. How does this argument define "suffering"? Is a non-free range chicken suffering? How does one know if a chicken is even suffering? How does one define "save". Would it involve any intervention on the part of in dividuals and society? If drowning is okay then denial of any aid is fine too. Going one more step, if someone determines the suffering the man is causing is more than the man's life, then it appears to me the man should be murdered either judicially or non-judicical.
1 posted on
11/06/2022 5:59:00 PM PST by
C19fan
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To: C19fan
By this logic, we should exterminate all carnivorous species.
2 posted on
11/06/2022 6:01:24 PM PST by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst part of censorship is ████ ███ ██████ ████ █████████ ██ █████████.)
To: C19fan
Deciding which people are disposable resulted in the joys of the 20th century.
To: C19fan
Sometimes people shove so much garbage into their gray cells that all of the gray matter short circuits and they can’t reset their brain.
4 posted on
11/06/2022 6:02:26 PM PST by
FlingWingFlyer
(Cayler Ellingson (18), American murdered by the Stalinist "democRAT" Party. R.I.P.)
To: C19fan
What if he is a vegetarian, but works as an exterminator?
5 posted on
11/06/2022 6:02:37 PM PST by
ansel12
(NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
To: C19fan
Should you save a dying stranger if you see their Oxford philosopher professor employee ID keycard on their lanyard?
7 posted on
11/06/2022 6:05:41 PM PST by
CFW
To: C19fan
So who does he argue with?
*Never argue with a idiot, people passing by will not know which is who.
9 posted on
11/06/2022 6:06:39 PM PST by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: C19fan
“...an Oxford University academic...”
SPJNK.
10 posted on
11/06/2022 6:07:35 PM PST by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: C19fan
laying the groundwork for mass starvation
11 posted on
11/06/2022 6:08:36 PM PST by
joshua c
(to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
To: C19fan
Don’t laugh - even though the Globalists are busy using Ukraine to try to “weaken Russia” right now, they CLEARLY plan to either eliminate meat completely, or make it very, very, expensive - something you might get to eat once or twice a year if you’re middle class.
13 posted on
11/06/2022 6:16:34 PM PST by
BobL
(By the way, low tonight in Latvia: 37 degrees)
To: C19fan
Really...did you ever in your wildest imagination believe that you would see a day in which this crap is tolerated; even promoted?
15 posted on
11/06/2022 6:20:21 PM PST by
LibertyWoman
(America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )
To: C19fan
Some ideas are so soulless that they could only come out of academia.
16 posted on
11/06/2022 6:20:25 PM PST by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
To: C19fan
Imagine what a plant feels when you chomp on it, masticate it, digest it, absorb its nutrients and excrete the leftovers. It’s horrendous.
PLANTS HAVE FEELINGS TOO
Just like us, plants have skin that reacts to the environment around them, and this is crucial to their survival
18 posted on
11/06/2022 6:24:47 PM PST by
ProtectOurFreedom
(The “I” in Democrat stands for “Integrity.”)
To: C19fan
The better philosophical question is should we have a moral obligation to kill a vegan or vegatarian who is trying to save a meat eater?
19 posted on
11/06/2022 6:25:23 PM PST by
joma89
(Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
To: C19fan
Should we not be kind to animals because THEY eat meat?
To: C19fan
The article reads like it is an ethical question being raised without his opinion being expressed. I think it is a thought experiment, not advocacy.
22 posted on
11/06/2022 6:40:21 PM PST by
laxcoach
(The secret to happiness is a bait pen full of pinfish.)
To: C19fan
What idiots.
If they are a stranger, how would you know if they ate meat?
If you know they eat meat, then they are not a stranger.
23 posted on
11/06/2022 6:53:55 PM PST by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
Dr. Michael Plant, eh. Reads like satire.
26 posted on
11/06/2022 7:11:26 PM PST by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: C19fan
I would let an Oxford University professor die just because he was a pedantic dick.
29 posted on
11/06/2022 7:26:54 PM PST by
Alas Babylon!
(Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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30 posted on
11/06/2022 7:31:17 PM PST by
musicman
(The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
To: C19fan
If one comes across a dying academic, is it ethical to put him out of OUR misery?
You, know too useless to live?/sarc.
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