We already have legislation in place protecting certain animals and plants. If plants could be proven to have feelings, how do you believe society will change, if at all?
Staring directly as the sun, physically, is a disadvantage to people. Metaphorically speaking, name a situation where "staring at the sun" is harmful.
1. I think it depends on the person. Similar to right now, people can choose to become vegetarians based on the fact that they believe it is more humane and protects animals, while some people believe it makes no difference to the life of the animal. The same ethical code can be applied to the murder and consumption of plants. Although I would be curious to know what people would choose to eat when eating plants becomes unethical.
ReplyDelete2. The purpose of those pieces of legislation is not so much for protecting the lives of those species because their lives matter, but more to protect the diversity of the environment. I think if society were to change at all, people's mindsets may become more sympathetic to the lives of plants. However, in terms of policy, not much would change because "plants thinking" do not specifically fulfill the purpose of those specific pieces of legislation.
3. I think "staring at the sun" in a metaphorical sense can be equated to extreme hubris. Connecting to the ideas of Frankenstein, there are certain things that we, as humans, are not supposed to understand/know because it will upset the natural balance of the world. When one tries to push beyond their boundaries, upsetting the natural order of the universe, such as staring at the sun when the person knows that it will blind them, is an example of when knowledge and/or discovery is harmful.
3. I think that looking at the sun directly, in the Allegory, could be considered both good and bad: it is good on the personal level and pursuit of knowledge, yet, on a social context, it is viewed as bad, because others cannot understand what he has seen and experienced and therefore he is almost "discriminated" and eventually killed. In other cases, there are some instances where we cannot know everything. It is harmful to learn something unwanted, something that we cannot sustain, like looking at the sun. Some things are better left in the shade, and in the unknown for it cannot hurt them.
ReplyDelete3. I think that looking at the sun directly, in the Allegory, could be considered both good and bad: it is good on the personal level and pursuit of knowledge, yet, on a social context, it is viewed as bad, because others cannot understand what he has seen and experienced and therefore he is almost "discriminated" and eventually killed. In other cases, there are some instances where we cannot know everything. It is harmful to learn something unwanted, something that we cannot sustain, like looking at the sun. Some things are better left in the shade, and in the unknown for it cannot hurt them.
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