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Quote by: Captain Chaos  I believe we have an instinct to protect members of our species. You say it is not proven, but that does not mean it is not so. There are many things that are unproven but true. |
Yes, but that is not "reason." And since it is just a "belief," it is not "proof" or any support for an argument. This almost sounds like Kubedawg`s argument that since we do not know that plants don`t feel some kind of pain different from our own, we must weigh it evenly with the scientific evidence that we do know. In the end, what you are putting forth with Kubedawg, albeit a different point, is the "appeal to ignorance" argument. That is flimsy thinking -- or at least in its use for debate.
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How would we prove that we have instinct to protect other humans?
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Don`t ask me. That is the person who believes it chore, not mine.
Though I do give you credit for qualifying your statement with the "I believe..." header. If my memory is correct, when you firts posited the point you did so as an absolute.