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Sternwallow wrote
Very close, Victus. I am exercising critical thinking by questioning the very basis of any objection to cruelty. The question arose with respect to animal cruelty which made a fair starting point and I intended to broaden it to include people once we reached consensus on the non-human animal level.
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Going in the opposite direction, I'm not entirely sure a case could made that existing laws rule out cruelty towards humans. While some cruel behaviours towards other humans might be illegal, it's entirely possible to be mindbogglingly cruel towards other people without running afoul of the law. This means either that 1) the laws of basically every country I've ever skimmed over have huge, gaping holes in them that will never be filled, or 2) the law isn't "about" preventing cruelty per se, although some overlap with that outcome occurs.
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Sternwallow wrote
What is the rational basis for those state laws that do exist against animal cruelty?
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I'm not sure they have one beyond satisfying voters' preferences*. I was simply illustrating that even if they did, it wouldn't obviously scale up to the national level.
*Even though, yes, animal cruelty deeply offends my own personal morality and preferences.