aelephant comments on Why Eat Less Meat? - LessWrong

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Comment author: aelephant 10 January 2014 02:44:52AM 0 points [-]

Yes, I consider them outside the realm of morality. If a mentally disabled person committed murder, for example, he or she could not be held morally liable for their actions -- instead the parent or guardian has the moral & legal responsibility for making sure that he or she doesn't steal, kill, etc.

Comment author: Mestroyer 10 January 2014 03:44:27AM -1 points [-]

So are you saying it should only be considered "wrong" to torture mentally disabled people because of agreements made between non-mentally-disabled people, and if non-mentally-disabled people made a different agreement, then it would be okay?

Say the only beings in existence are you and a mentally disabled person. Are you bound by any morality in how you treat them?