• jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    I have a gun pointed at your dog and another pointed at a guy that’s going around eating people’s pets…

    You are mixing the rational component of the question in general with the emotional attachments of particular situations. This kind of “I know it in my heart” drive is the same that drives things like racism and xenophobia.

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      1 day ago

      Their point still works though, just reword it for less unnecessary baggage if you prefer.

      Do you press the button which saves some random human somewhere in the world, or the button which saves some random cow? I’m pretty sure most people choose the human