• Gatsby@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    “It gives me pleasure” is the logic for donating to charity as well

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      1 year ago

      Ok yeah in full: “the suffering caused is justified by the pleasure I received” is the argument theyre using and it justifies a whole bunch of shitty things like rape

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          That is not what they said. The argument is that we normally all agree that “but I like it” is not a valid argument to cause harm to others. Why should it suddenly be a valid argument to cause harm to animals?