• commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  11 months ago

                  this is an impossible standard, and I don’t believe it’s one you actually ascribe to: for instance, pretty much everyone is ok with sterilizing stray dogs and cats, and there is never a question of consent.

                  • oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz
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                    11 months ago

                    I don’t claim to 100% live in an ideal way. I try to keep improving but I don’t think I’ll ever be perfect

                    i think in cases where consent is difficult or impossible to achieve, we should act in the best interest of the experiencer in question. But I think that example is a tough one, at first glance I think we shouldn’t sterilize them, but then when I consider what will almost certainly happen if they’re not sterilized I think it’s probably worth doing the one bad thing to prevent worse things from happening. It’s an example where I think a utilitarian approach makes the most sense, since the variables are relatively clear