Oh, I never thought you were saying I did or didn’t have to like someone or something. And I would never advocate for hurting or mistreating any animal no matter how much of a bastard it is.
I think the disconnect might be exactly how “severe” the label is. There are humans who became cops because they legitimately thought they could do good, who never did anything unjust and never were in a position of ignoring wrong doing or anything like that.
The closest thing to a moral failing being a lack of awareness of systemic justice and so on and so forth.
They’re still a bastard because they’re contributing to the entire thing, regardless of their lack of involvement in the specific negatives.
I don’t think the dog needs punishment, just that it shouldn’t be a police dog.
I’d easily agree that a dog doesn’t have the same moral autonomy that a human does. I just don’t think you need that to be called a bastard. Geese are often bastards. You don’t hold it against the goose, but you don’t forget that if given the choice that goose will nip you.
Utterly aside from the specifics: there’s some research that indicates that canines do actually have capacity for a sense of morality and justice but it’s limited to equal treatment so far as we can see. Not the more abstract “right or wrong action”.
Oh, I never thought you were saying I did or didn’t have to like someone or something. And I would never advocate for hurting or mistreating any animal no matter how much of a bastard it is.
I think the disconnect might be exactly how “severe” the label is. There are humans who became cops because they legitimately thought they could do good, who never did anything unjust and never were in a position of ignoring wrong doing or anything like that.
The closest thing to a moral failing being a lack of awareness of systemic justice and so on and so forth.
They’re still a bastard because they’re contributing to the entire thing, regardless of their lack of involvement in the specific negatives.
I don’t think the dog needs punishment, just that it shouldn’t be a police dog.
I’d easily agree that a dog doesn’t have the same moral autonomy that a human does. I just don’t think you need that to be called a bastard. Geese are often bastards. You don’t hold it against the goose, but you don’t forget that if given the choice that goose will nip you.
Utterly aside from the specifics: there’s some research that indicates that canines do actually have capacity for a sense of morality and justice but it’s limited to equal treatment so far as we can see. Not the more abstract “right or wrong action”.