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lprubin on Aug 7, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Case Against Octopus Farming

> There is some legitimacy to the idea that we should eat whatever we please because we are the apex predator.

Many men are strong enough to forcibly overpower many women and therefore there is some legitimacy to the idea that they should rape whoever they please.

Might does not make right.

Retra on Aug 7, 2019 | [–]

Shared morality makes right, but might makes right wherever a conflict of moralities cannot be resolved by shared ideals.

fkdo on Aug 7, 2019 | [2 more]

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ac29 on Aug 7, 2019 | [–]

Humans can, and should, be better than their baser instincts.

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