| I don't know whether you failed to follow my reasoning or simply refuse to accept it. At its most basic form it is this:
1) Logic stems from passion, whether sympathy, fear, lust, &c. The most important of these being sympathy (I've been reading Adam Smith. Forgive me.) From my point of view, we have not transcended our passions.
2) I can sympathize more with humans than with animals. Though their suffering is painful to see, they do not seem unique to me and therefore lack value.
3) I don't give a shit what the animal thinks or feels; this is my life and it's all about me.
If only I could saith, so should I. |