A person involved with EA said I should get involved with the forum, so here I am.
Here is/are my question(s).
1) Is (and should) morality be based on a combination of biology and strict logical induction?
If yes to 1), then here’s my deal.
I have a preference for valuing human life over animal life. However, if some animal species are more likely to live longer than the human species will, then would I be doing more good by prioritizing helping those animals out first and foremost?
Animal v. Human Prioritization
Hi all,
A person involved with EA said I should get involved with the forum, so here I am.
Here is/are my question(s).
1) Is (and should) morality be based on a combination of biology and strict logical induction?
If yes to 1), then here’s my deal.
I have a preference for valuing human life over animal life. However, if some animal species are more likely to live longer than the human species will, then would I be doing more good by prioritizing helping those animals out first and foremost?
This article— https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/earths-scorching-hot-history/566762/ — mentions crocodiles and sand sharks living under 1000 ppm CO2eq conditions. I’m not sure that humans can. Would I be doing more good trying to make sure that crocodiles and such animals can survive, and consider the human species a sunk cost at this point?
Let me know your thoughts as you’re able to, please. Thank you,
Donald Zepeda