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Originally Posted by Ea
... I see humans as another animal among others...
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Originally Posted by Ea
Killing an animal of a higher order is not inherently or essentially worse than killing a plant or animal of the lower orders.
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If you see humans as another animal species, and killing an animal of a 'higher order' is no worse than killing something of a 'lower' order - it seems to suggest that killing a human is no worse morally than killing a daisy.
Personally I think Peter Singer's approach that takes suffering into account is quite logical, because suffering is so significant to creatures that can experience it:
"If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the being, the principle of equality requires that its suffering be counted equally with the like suffering—insofar as rough comparisons can be made—of any other being."