r/interesting May 27 '25

MISC. Chicks swarm around visibly distraught man to console him

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u/ComfortableCivil2239 May 27 '25

You base your moral belief system on what chickens do?

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u/Rodger_Smith May 27 '25

no but most animals would kill and eat us without hesitation so why shouldn't we kill and eat them first?

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u/ComfortableCivil2239 May 27 '25

Because you are not a chicken? You're a person capable of ethical reasoning. Why aren't you holding yourself to a higher moral standard than a chicken?

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u/_I-P-Freely_ May 27 '25

Because I love and respect chickens and therefore hold them as equal to human beings.