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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 7623544" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya!</p><p></p><p>First, sorry for not getting back sooner...I no longer frequent these boards nearly as much anymore because of...well..."reasons". I find Dragonsfoot seems to fit me a bit better overall. Anyway...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd actually put this more in line with psychology more than morality. The whales may really REALLY not like the sound of seals getting slaughtered. So...they try and prevent that due to purely selfish reasons. But we don't know for certain. Our human empathy WANTS to say "because humpback whales are good and loving creatures!"...the same way we see an animal trying to get food from someone and we attribute human emotions/actions to it. </p><p></p><p>I'd go with humpbacks just being selfish and not wanting to deal with dieing seals for whatever reason (sound would be my first guess). Purely selfish. Doing it for themselves...even if the end result is seals being saved. I do the same thing when I help a lot of people out (like buying the person's food for them who are directly behind me in a McD's drive through, or donating to some charity, etc). I'm doing it mostly because it makes ME feel good knowing that I made someone else feel good unexpectedly. Their happiness is almost a byproduct; I'm doing it to make myself feel good first and foremost. Selfish? Sure. Honest? Definitely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 7623544, member: 45197"] Hiya! First, sorry for not getting back sooner...I no longer frequent these boards nearly as much anymore because of...well..."reasons". I find Dragonsfoot seems to fit me a bit better overall. Anyway... I'd actually put this more in line with psychology more than morality. The whales may really REALLY not like the sound of seals getting slaughtered. So...they try and prevent that due to purely selfish reasons. But we don't know for certain. Our human empathy WANTS to say "because humpback whales are good and loving creatures!"...the same way we see an animal trying to get food from someone and we attribute human emotions/actions to it. I'd go with humpbacks just being selfish and not wanting to deal with dieing seals for whatever reason (sound would be my first guess). Purely selfish. Doing it for themselves...even if the end result is seals being saved. I do the same thing when I help a lot of people out (like buying the person's food for them who are directly behind me in a McD's drive through, or donating to some charity, etc). I'm doing it mostly because it makes ME feel good knowing that I made someone else feel good unexpectedly. Their happiness is almost a byproduct; I'm doing it to make myself feel good first and foremost. Selfish? Sure. Honest? Definitely. [/QUOTE]
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