Comments on: Animal Rights, Evolution, and Morality: Who’s Afraid of the Slippery Slope?

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By: Dave2

Dave2 — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:44:28 +0000

I take it the IDers are saying that, once you give up the traditional human-nonhuman dividing line for moral consideration, you’re faced with the problem of drawing a new line in a well-motivated and non-arbitrary way. But this is absurd, because no one with any moral common sense ever thought the human-nonhuman line was the only one that mattered.

These days everyone but sociopaths is opposed to animal cruelty. For example, we all recognize that it’s seriously immoral to set a kitten on fire. And yet we also recognize that setting a potato plant on fire is quite a different story. Consequently, anyone with an ounce of moral common sense has to draw a line somewhere between kittens and potato plants.

So the idea that well-informed biology has somehow burdened us with an impossible ethical task is simply daffy. The task was already there.

By: Ames

Ames — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:16:06 +0000

LOVE THAT CAT. She’s ours you can’t have her, but I can’t blame you :-)

By: Phoenix Woman

Phoenix Woman — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:15:49 +0000

Can I marry that kitty-cat? She’s very cute, and probably better behaved than most DI cranks out there.

I’ll have to clear it with my husband first, but I’m sure he won’t mind.

By: vishva

vishva — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:14:15 +0000

In Myanmar Elephants have rights as same as Human rights, elephants are registered as same as human.

In Japan, pets are named similar to humans, and almost respected as humans. In religious blessing ceremonies pets are blessed as same as humans.

In Indonesia “Orang Utan” means “the man of the forest”.

There are two types of religions, Some religions teach that after your death you go to heaven or hell for the eternity. Others teaches that after your death you are born again according to what you believe.

The first type gives no responsibility for the man to care about his surrounding environment because whatever damage they do to the environment does not matter for them after their death because they expect to go to the heaven for the rest of time.

People who believes that they have to be born again and again knows that they have to protect the earth because the earth is the only planet we have…

By: didionsmommy

didionsmommy — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:29:33 +0000

and i’ll bet those gay men aren’t interested in adopting, either.

(and you, apparently, don’t know many lesbians.)

i would like to know, too, what an appropriate understanding of gender roles is? because, i have a feeling i likely wouldn’t pass your test.

bottom line: i do not see how you — or anyone — can justify singling gay couples out for special testing and analysis … they should be subject to the same rigor with which hetero couples are evaluated.

also, you might want to check out this documentary …

http://www.tjoemurray.com/projectspage.html

it’s about gay life in rural america. it focuses on single gay men AND committed couples. one couple, specifically, has adopted several special-needs children and plan to adopt more.

By: Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:37:14 +0000

I think I’m concerned about how well-adjusted the kids are, how they understand specific gender roles, what their opinions are on family structure, etc. I’m also much less fearful of lesbians raising children than gay men. Gay men seem to be a lot less into commitment and longevity of relationships if the gay men i know are a fair sampling.

By: didionsmommy

didionsmommy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:14:43 +0000

i want to know, exactly, what we would be waiting for in terms of a healthful outcome for children adopted by gays …

is it enough if they are well cared for: have a comfortable home, access to education, a family environment that fosters personal growth and that they feel loved and nurtured …

is the “wait-and-see” to make sure gay parents don’t warp the minds of little children everywhere, turning them into raving homosexuals?

i still don’t understand the test you want to establish …

on the contractual, civil union thing … i agree “marriage” is just that … and always has been … especially when we consider the dowries and land acquisitions that went along with western marriages for centuries and continue to accessorize eastern marriages.

(i got married on 6th avenue, in front of the robert indiana “love” statue. no church for us. of course, no land or riches either.)