SaidAchmiz comments on Arguments Against Speciesism - LessWrong

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Comment author: SaidAchmiz 04 August 2013 04:41:35PM 0 points [-]

Is the question "why don't we temporarily stop caring about people who temporarily lose this etc."?

If so, then maybe we should, if they really lose it. However, please tell me what actions would ensue from, or be made permissible by, a temporary cessation of caring, provided that I still care about that person after they return from this temporary loss of importance.

Comment author: MugaSofer 06 August 2013 02:14:54PM 0 points [-]

That depends on the details of your personal moral system, doesn't it? As I said already, you may well be consistent on this point, but you have not explained how.