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CirnoIzumi t1_jefyw2h wrote

Reply to comment by EasyBOven in Stories with humanized animals are cute. Stories with animalized humans are terrifying. by NoNo_Cilantro

Almost like the story is about humans just dressed up as animals for the sake of flavour (pun intended)

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EasyBOven t1_jefz5lm wrote

I'm not sure why that would matter. If we can imagine ourselves in the animal's position, and recognize we wouldn't want this done to us, what is it that makes it ok to do it to them?

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CirnoIzumi t1_jeg0hch wrote

Because we are imagining us, doing us things, when we watch Fox and the hound we don't see a fox and a hound but class difference/Tribalism

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EasyBOven t1_jeg1gps wrote

Yeah, you're talking psychology, but I think ethics is more important here. Why would it be ok to treat these individuals in ways we would not want to be treated?

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