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Originally posted by punkworld
Well, the only thing really missing from it is logic actually  The basis for this type of moral imperative is not so much purely logical rationality, as it is pragmatic rationality. Ofcourse, that is based on the premise that there is no objective morality anyway, and that morality is comprised by an arbitrary set of guidelines that are mainly of pragmatic value. Then again, that's the only theory that makes sense scientifically and doesn't rely on a very speculative metaphycics.
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In a productive society, it is LOGICAL not to upset that society by killing off potentially productive members, illiciting emotional responses from members, etc. Morals to some extent are based on logic, as far as humanity is concerned. Existance of any species is not furthered by killing it off. This is another arguement altogether though
