I don't actually see a moral imperative to perpetuate the species, let alone my own race, culture, nationality.
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So we have an obligation to improve ourselves, but it's fine if we die out? I'm not seeing the connection here
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There isn't one. Just as every human has an obligation to care for the humans they create but not an obligation to create humans so we have an obligation to make things better for humans that exist but not to ensure that we always do.
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The suffering of individuals matters to me but the fact that they're part of the same species as me doesn't really
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Does it not? I find I do empathise with my own species more than the others, the possible exception being dogs.
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Yes but that's by extension of being able to understand them better rather than simply that they're human per se... I think.
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