On Apr 12, 12:23*am, "Dutch" > wrote:
> "Rupert" > wrote
>
> > Most ethicists would agree that equal consideration of interests is
> > the default starting position.
>
> For whom? My default starting position for consideration is my own
> interests, followed by my immediate family including my pets, my community,
> my country, mankind, higher level animals, rare plant species, lower level
> animals, the planet, and the economy is implied in there somewhere.
>
> The default starting position for every organism in existence is its own
> interests, that is the way the world works.

That is something that requires defence from the moral point of view.