"I don't concede transitivity of pairwise ethical decisions" — debate on non-human suffering continues
Spacew3asel · x · 2026-09-20
Spacew3asel responds to teortaxesTex: he grants the moral salience of non-human suffering but rejects the transitivity of pairwise ethical decisions, arguing he has no obligation to accept an axiom "every moral actor ever has violated." Part of the ongoing utilitarianism debate.
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