Lafari@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoCan it be within human nature to be inhumane? Conversely can it be "unhuman" or going against human nature to be genuinely humane?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareCan it be within human nature to be inhumane? Conversely can it be "unhuman" or going against human nature to be genuinely humane?Lafari@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLafari@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·6 months agoDoes something uncompassionate have to be done to a human in order for it to be inhumane? Couldn’t it also be done to non-human animals/any sentient beings?
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoI think I would agree that you could be inhumane to anything that can feel or understand pain or emotion.
minus-squareneptune@dmv.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoYes, it’s considered inhumane to hurt animals
minus-squareLafari@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoNot by most people’s standards unfortunately… slaughterhouses and farms exist and are labeled “humane” despite both harming and killing animals
Does something uncompassionate have to be done to a human in order for it to be inhumane? Couldn’t it also be done to non-human animals/any sentient beings?
I think I would agree that you could be inhumane to anything that can feel or understand pain or emotion.
Yes, it’s considered inhumane to hurt animals
Not by most people’s standards unfortunately… slaughterhouses and farms exist and are labeled “humane” despite both harming and killing animals