On 4/12/2012 8:56 AM, Rupert wrote:
> On Apr 12, 7:11 am, George > wrote:
>> On 4/11/2012 8:53 PM, Rupert wrote:
>>
>>> On Apr 12, 12:23 am, > wrote:
>>>> > 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.
>>
>> Why?
>
> Because the interests of other organisms are equally important from
> the moral point of view,

That's the assertion you must prove, but have to date not even attempted
to prove.