The author contends that if a lion deserves the right to not be hunted, killed and eaten, then he must also commit not to kill me. Otherwise I have the right to do whatever I want to that lion. In other words, if an animal does not possess human-like morality, then he is not worthy of moral consideration and its okay to kill and eat him. Now apply this same idiotic logic to people with dementia or those who simply don’t understand moral principles. If a person with dementia cant comprehend right and wrong, we should, not only deny him any moral consideration, but we suddenly have a right to exploit, kill and eat him.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:21:39 +0000