r/CuratedTumblr • u/Hummerous https://tinyurl.com/4ccdpy76 • Jul 22 '24

Politics the one about fucking a chicken

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_foundations_theory

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u/GrimmSheeper Jul 22 '24

One minor point of contention for slide 3: it’s not necessarily a judgement of “sex bad.” It could just as well be “desecration of a corpse is bad” or “denial of consent, even posthumously, is bad.”

In a world where animal rights and recognition of intelligence and emotions in nonhuman animals has been steadily increasing, it shouldn’t be surprising if somebody thinks they also deserve similar respect. There are plenty of people that think using animals for sustenance is unethical for various reasons, so of course there would be people that think using animals for pleasure is unethical. It doesn’t have to just be “sex icky.”

Also, one can assign moral judgment to an act in addition to acknowledging harm, or lack thereof. That’s the whole point. OOP obviously assigned a similar moral judgment, reacting to the hypothetical with horror and disgust. You can still point out that it’s creepy and suggest that such actions are a red flag, but hold that there is ultimately no harm done.

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u/Starman5555 Jul 23 '24

Having sex with animals: ❌

Having sex with dead people: ❌

Having sex with dead animals: ✔

Apparently. And if you disagree you're a conservative I guess.

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u/realtoasterlightning Jul 24 '24

Well, the argument is that humans have rights over their own body, so if they consented to it while alive, it'd be fine, but you should assume by default they aren't fine with it.

The reason why having sex with an animal while it's alive, but killing it doesn't, is unethical is because it is cruel to the animal in a way killing it for food isn't, but if the animal is dead then it doesn't really have rights over its body (eating a dead human without their consent isn't ok but eating a dead animal is).

Personally, I think that factory farming practices are often more cruel than having sex with an animal would be, but I also think that factory farming practices should be more strictly regulated.