@tomasz@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoDoes Homo sapiens have responsibilities to other species?message-square20fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down11
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minus-square@guojing@lemmy.mllinkfedilink4•edit-22 years agoI think we have a responsibility to live in harmony with our environment. Other species are part of that environment.
minus-squareCold Hotmanlinkfedilink1•2 years agoBy your argument, that’s a responsibility that all species have. We all live in an environment with other species. But all other species live the natural way, a way filled with pain, hunger and fear. Why is our responsibility different?
minus-square@guojing@lemmy.mllinkfedilink2•2 years agoAre other species capable of conscious thought and action, in the way that humans are? I dont think so, they live mostly by instinct.
I think we have a responsibility to live in harmony with our environment. Other species are part of that environment.
By your argument, that’s a responsibility that all species have. We all live in an environment with other species.
But all other species live the natural way, a way filled with pain, hunger and fear. Why is our responsibility different?
Are other species capable of conscious thought and action, in the way that humans are? I dont think so, they live mostly by instinct.