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Buddhism

TM99

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10. How to we draw that line?

Reply to Maraya1969 (Reply #9)

Sat Jan 3, 2015, 09:26 AM

Jan 2015

A cockroach has a type of intelligence and therefore a level consciousness. Is it the same as a dog? No. What about a human being in a coma?

There are no hard and fast rules here, and individually we must decide where we draw the line.

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a sincere question [View all] steve2470 Dec 2014 OP

I have similar reactions to some humans. rug Dec 2014 #1

lol yes me too steve2470 Dec 2014 #2

......... trusty elf Dec 2014 #3

lol I don't mind steve2470 Dec 2014 #4

I don't consider your question trivial in the least. TM99 Dec 2014 #5

Thanks steve2470 Dec 2014 #6

Is a cockroach considered a sentient being? I thought that was where we get to draw the line. Maraya1969 Jan 2015 #9

How to we draw that line? TM99 Jan 2015 #10

I struggle with it too. What happens when insects or rats infest the house you live in? liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #7

Noam Chomsky made an interesting point about this: "there's a slow expansion of the moral sphere" bananas Dec 2014 #8

I would submit that it's respect for cockroaches and vermin that especially mark the buddhist POV. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #11