• testfactor@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    If non-human animals cannot consent, isn’t all sex between any two non-human animals rape?

    If that’s the case, isn’t this preferable to just letting the animals just rape each other indiscriminately?

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      8 months ago

      isn’t all sex between any two non-human animals rape?

      Non-human animals aren’t moral agents and can’t be subjected to the same moral outcomes that humans have. The same way we can’t say a hurricane has done something immoral.

      Non-human animals are moral patients. When moral agents act immorally upon moral patients, the agents are responsible.