Does your life intrinsically have any more value than that of any other animal?

I say no.
A life is a life and it's the only one any creature gets. Mine is not more objectively valuable just because i'm a human.

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

It's complicated init? Like sentience matters. Also, I'm an omnivore and consume meat. I have respect for veganism but I don't think it unnatural for humans to kill and consume animals.

Being deliberately cruel to animals, just because? That is where I draw the line.

Pikachu

@Burnley123

Why does sentience matter?

Being deliberately cruel to animals, just because? That is where I draw the line.

Certainly a good line to draw.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Pikachu It is what marks us out as being distinctly human.

Pikachu

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Well i'm not so sure about sentience being distinctly human but let's not get side tracked with that.

Why does being human matter?

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@Burnley123 I would tend to disagree. Ravens are sentient.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@LordShadowfire Corvus has more brains than the other guy.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@Burnley123 True, but I mean regular old Earth ravens. Smarter than a 4-year-old.