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  • ??? It doesn’t inherently mean it’s okay to kill the other. And what does race have to do with it?

    If someone asked me whether I’d rather save a person of color or a white person- I have no rational preference, so I’d pass. Boring question.

    This is about different species though. E.g., the parent comment posed a bunch of cows vs a kitten. If I could save a bunch of cows by killing a kitten, I’d do it. Now you and I have just learned something about my values, and I think that’s neat.

    Then we really get into moral dilemmas with human vs non-human. I know the trolley problem is controversial, but it’s a genuinely great way to explore values. If I had to choose between killing 1 cow or 1 person, I’d choose the cow. But what about several cows? If a genie popped up and told me I could magically make the whole world vegan, but one random human would die a sudden tragic death, I’d make that deal. Where’s my line though? There must be a specific number at which I switch from sparing the human to sacrificing the human. These questions are about discovering those boundaries for yourself, and I don’t think that’s bad