I’ve been discussing with my sister (a big fan of her cats) about what lives we would save in an emergency. I think a human live is worth more than an animal’s no question asked but she thinks otherwhise. So to end this discussion I’m writing here.
- Who would you save between your cat and your worst enemy?
- What if it was between your cat and a stranger?
- Why?
I’d save a stranger, but between a cat and my enemies I can’t say I’d be inclined to go out of my way for either.
If you don’t want your worst enemies dead they aren’t much of a enemy.
could have been between the cat and myself. The cat still gets preference.
Definitely the person. If I saved my cat, people would call me crazy. Mostly because I don’t have a cat and that would be a dick move of me to save something imaginary.
Maybe in your case saving your cat = getting a cat who is like, your soulmate pet.
Impossible, my soulmate pet is a dog
Don’t be so hasty, you haven’t met your soulcat yet! Need to kill your enemies first.
my worse enemy is the father of my friend who abused her when she was a kid, and watched CP, i don’t know him, i don’t want to know him, and if i had the chance to let him die in front of me, i wouldn’t hesitate to let it happen, and make earth a better place
Yes, saving a cat is a nice bonus.
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Theres a pretty short list of people I would like to see dead… trump, putin,un,mcconnell for examples… my dog definitely deserves life over those pathetic excuses for human beings
When we really consider who our worst enemies actually the question becomes simpler. Mitch McConnell is the first example that came to mind for me.
Yeah, my worst enemies are all people I consider threats to humanity and/or the planet so a scenario where I passively allowed one of them to die as a side effect of saving my cat is a dream scenario.
Even better would be if saving my cat caused multiple enemies to die.
My cats are my family, so they have priority over most humans. This would only be a tough situation if it were between my cats and my best friend because I consider her to be family too. But, in that case, I would say screw the “you can only save one” mentality, I’d become like a mom who can lift a car off her baby, and somehow save them all.
What is the definition of my worst enemy? Can I just declare e.g. Putin to be my mortal foe?
If it has to be somebody I have met so far, I will rather save a human than a cat
Why, because a human has more potential to effect the world, has an understanding of death and therefore the worse time dying and in the interest of a species your should allways priotize members of your own species
There’s only one person I’d pick over my cat, so, sorry guys.
Cats have 9 lives, so saving them just save one of their lives. But there are people in this word who’s death means happiness of millions and saved live of thousands. Why would I want to save such person?
Saving cat is just a bonus. And I would still do that.
- My cat
- Tough one, but probably my cat.
- Not only do I love my cats, taking care of your pets if your responsibility as a pet owner. I have no love or relationship to a stranger, they don’t care about me and I don’t care about them, and It’s also not my responsibility to protect other people. An animal that I raised from near-birth, and who has always shown me basically unconditional love and affection seriously means as much to me as a child. My pets are there for me when I have a bad day, and they’re with me when I’m having a great day too. They bring so much joy and comfort into my life and they are so innocent and kind. Even after a lifetime of interactions I never have a single bad or negative moment with my pets. I don’t hate people and I wouldn’t like to have to decide in a fucked up scenario like you’re describing here. But to be honest, I’m probably saving my pet. Sorry.
I have a dog, so I’ll apply that.
- Dog.
- Dog.
- In scenario 1, I not only have a good reason to save my dog, but also let my worst enemy die. In scenario 2 it’s more complicated, but my dog trusts me, and the stranger has no such expectations (I hope). Lastly, for both cases, there’s no way to regret death. They won’t be able to care. Humans can also much better understand the current situation than a dog/cat.
My wife > dogs > myself.
List stops there.
My cat. There are plenty of moral and ethical arguments to say I’m wrong about this, but still - cat.
People have gotten weird about animals over the years. I adore my cat, don’t get me wrong, and would do everything in my power to save them, but like, it is still an animal at the end of the day.
In scenario one I can see saying cat if you actually wanted your worst enemy to die. Like, if you were fine with killing them without the cat in the balance, then yeah, of course.
But otherwise it’s the person, right? Animals have lower moral value than people, right? I mean, I’d be curious what percentage of people saying that they’d save their cat are vegetarian/vegan?
