Do you think that Humans are just as valuable as animals?
If you ask me the answer is yes but I feel that animals are still undervalued. Like if I see a human and a dog drowning I would try to save the Human first but I would never cut down a national park filled with endangered monkeys so I can use it to build an AI data-center. Humans being more valuable than animals does not mean that animals are worthless.
I agree with Rafiq. Animals are worthless.
Humans are animals.
as newgene says
man is not above the animals
>>761540All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
No not philosophically, but socially and economically yes of course (I would save a thousand human lives over any animal). Humans are the only animals who can exhonerate all life from nature and turn all matter in the universe alive, so in this sense we are also more valuable in the way an economic planner is more valuable than a non-productive individual.
>are apples more valueble than plants?
>>761551Wouldn't that still be the same?
Value is subjective so there is no objective answer here. We are just articulating our sentimentality. I would spare animals and nature only as much as to not devastate the ecosystem since that would impact human life as well.
>>761538Well we live in a eco system so we do need other animals, so they are just as valuable but it's precisely humans messing around and modifying the eco system that devalues other animals and promotes others.
the life of my cat is worth more than the life of anastasia romanov, simple as
>>761557Idk if that's true
>>761642op isnt asking about your pet but animals as a whole
micro-organisms are more important than an animal tbh