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by bigleagueposter 2983 days ago
Pig brains are just (dog) food. Morality shouldn't be concerned with food no matter how sentient it is.
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ralusek 2983 days ago
Why are pig brains dog food? Because they're below the arbitrary threshold of intelligence we have drawn in the sand to determine sentience?

What if there was extra-terrestrial life of greater intelligence still that encountered our own species, and subjected us to identical treatment according to the exact same basis of morality?

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colanderman 2983 days ago
I honestly can't tell if you're trolling, since your wording sounds like it's meant to provoke, but I'll answer you earnestly.

Why should edibility take precedence over sentience? Humans are edible, after all.

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ikeyany 2983 days ago
What a strange argument.

Could you not also argue that dog brains are pig food?

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