Comment on Fish have heart too.
oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months agosomeone experiencing it should have a say in whether or not they experience it
Comment on Fish have heart too.
oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months agosomeone experiencing it should have a say in whether or not they experience it
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
once again, we are going to be disagreeing on the relevant definitions of “someone”.
oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months ago
the experiencers should have a say in whether or not they experience it
commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
this is an impossible standard, and I don’t believe it’s one you actually ascribe to: for instance, pretty much everyone is ok with sterilizing stray dogs and cats, and there is never a question of consent.
oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 11 months ago
I don’t claim to 100% live in an ideal way. I try to keep improving but I don’t think I’ll ever be perfect
i think in cases where consent is difficult or impossible to achieve, we should act in the best interest of the experiencer in question. But I think that example is a tough one, at first glance I think we shouldn’t sterilize them, but then when I consider what will almost certainly happen if they’re not sterilized I think it’s probably worth doing the one bad thing to prevent worse things from happening. It’s an example where I think a utilitarian approach makes the most sense, since the variables are relatively clear