Both Lions and mosquitoes are enemies. As long as they are contained, I can tolerate them. Mosquitoes are not contained, so I want to nuke them from orbit.
In fact, my whole point is that while chosing is a very real concept, and it is important for ethical reasoning, we really don’t chose in the sense “I could have done otherwise” in this physicalist universe.
The fact that lions and mosquitoes can not change goes against them. The more determined is your hostility, more reasons I have to answer in kind.
Really I wanted to avoid goint into details (because I dont want to take insect sentience too seriously: that would be a defeat!), but this time is impossible:
Both Lions and mosquitoes are enemies. As long as they are contained, I can tolerate them. Mosquitoes are not contained, so I want to nuke them from orbit.
In fact, my whole point is that while chosing is a very real concept, and it is important for ethical reasoning, we really don’t chose in the sense “I could have done otherwise” in this physicalist universe.
The fact that lions and mosquitoes can not change goes against them. The more determined is your hostility, more reasons I have to answer in kind.
Really I wanted to avoid goint into details (because I dont want to take insect sentience too seriously: that would be a defeat!), but this time is impossible:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/nY7oAdy5odfGqE7mQ/freedom-under-naturalistic-dualism
:-)
“Both Lions and mosquitoes are enemies” But enemies can have moral value! [Sorry, I haven’t read your LW post, yet]