Thursday, April 26, 2012

Nazis =/= Monsters

I think that it is morally unethical to desensitize ourselves to human by referring to them as something negative. For instance, some people may think torture against humans is completely unethical. They could then insist, foremost, that animals used as food are not human, so it is okay to torture them in the process of creating food. Some of the people will also make exceptions to their no torture rules when the torture involves certain groups. An American might say that torturing a member of Al-Qaeda is okay because the members of Al-Qaeda are monsters who attacked America. Similarly, a Jewish person may say that it's okay to torture a Nazi because Nazis are monster who killed many Jewish people. This is inconsistent and a prime example of why we should strive to keep personal and ancestral bias out of ethics.

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