#philosophy #ethic #rationality # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Related - [[Veganism]] - [[Philosophy/Ethic/Silver rule does not apply to lower intelligence according to humans]] - [[Philosophy/Ethic/Centralized intelligence holds higher value]] - [[Philosophy/CafePhilo/Second]] - [[Meat]] # Localism >All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others >~ [[George Orwell]] Localism is a sort of lower level [[Groupism]]. ![[DALL·E 2022-06-20 21.13.02 - Men overlooking other animals from his throne, digital art.png]] Eating a cow is ok, eating a dog is not. Why? Because we have more affinity with dogs. ![[Pasted image 20220625142954.png]] Or is it our [[Selfish gene|selfish gene]] acting on [[Kin selection]]? Are humans genes closer to dog than cow?[^1][^2][^3] ![[DALL·E 2022-06-20 20.50.01 - Men overlooking other animals, digital art.png]] A close relative dying hurts more than an unknown. >I am, at the Fed level, libertarian; >at the state level, Republican; >at the local level, Democrat; >and at the family and friends level, a socialist. >If that saying doesn’t convince you of the fatuousness of left vs. right labels, nothing will. >~ [[Nassim Taleb|Taleb]] ![[DALL·E 2022-06-20 21.13.58 - Men overlooking other animals from his throne, by Picasso.png]] The more conscious the life form, the more valuable in the eyes of humans [^1]: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-11130-x [^2]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3068243/ [^3]: https://gsejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12711-020-00569-z