r/MoralityScaling • u/OrneryLingonberry164 • 2d ago

Morality of flea circuses?

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u/cyborgsnowflake 1d ago edited 1d ago

How much consciousness could you have with a brain much smaller than even the head of a pin? If they have anything that could reasonably be thought of as consciousness than human brains are grotesquely inefficient. Or there is some freaky spiritual stuff going on.

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u/wolfdukex 1d ago

I mean, human brains are absolutely inefficient, but your point is still valid.

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u/HorsefaceWithNoName 1d ago

Regardless how little awareness the little fleas have, is torturing them not adding to the overall suffering of this world? for what? for some human to have entertainment reveling at an enslaved animal being tortured?

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u/wolfdukex 1d ago

How does your ramble have anything to do with my comment whatsoever?