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   XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, alt.philosophy, talk.politics.animals   
   XPost: alt.politics   
   From: LaLaLaLaLaLa@philhendrie.con   
      
   On 4/11/2012 8:53 PM, Rupert wrote:   
   > On Apr 12, 12:23 am, "Dutch"  wrote:   
   >> "Rupert"  wrote   
   >>   
   >>> Most ethicists would agree that equal consideration of interests is   
   >>> the default starting position.   
   >>   
   >> For whom? My default starting position for consideration is my own   
   >> interests, followed by my immediate family including my pets, my community,   
   >> my country, mankind, higher level animals, rare plant species, lower level   
   >> animals, the planet, and the economy is implied in there somewhere.   
   >>   
   >> The default starting position for every organism in existence is its own   
   >> interests, that is the way the world works.   
   >   
   > That is something that requires defence from the moral point of view.   
      
   That has been well defended countless times, and you are aware of the   
   defenses.   
      
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