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hans@feddit.org 3 days agoto the extent that they don’t understand that they themselves might die, plants don’t want too be eaten any more than they want to keep living. the same is true for animals
Comment on IT'S TIME!
hans@feddit.org 3 days agoto the extent that they don’t understand that they themselves might die, plants don’t want too be eaten any more than they want to keep living. the same is true for animals
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Not true at all, many animals share the same emotions as humans, who are animals themselves.
hans@feddit.org 3 days ago
they may have emotions, but this doesn’t entail that they understand personal mortality.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
They understand it the same way we do. Just because we created stories and religion around it doesnt mean we experience it any different. They understand, just like we do, pain is bad and food and water are good. Just because we can write papers about the subject doesnt make the feeling different.
hans@feddit.org 3 days ago
I think you misread “mortality” as “morality”
hans@feddit.org 3 days ago
if you could point me to the animal cognitive-behaviorist paper that supports this claim, is be happy to read it
I think you are making that up