does one need to feel pain in the same way for it to be classified as pain. pain is pain. one of the things that unites us as humans is our ability to feel it and empathize with another.
if an animal can feel pain it doesn't matter if it is the same pain. Also I recall that Nirvana once sang "It's ok to eat fish because they don't have any feelings". For generations people thought that is true.
Some in my family call themselves Pescaterean because they for some reason don't want to inflict pain on animals (that look like us).
my point is pain is pain - the rest is just mental gymnastics that allow us to justify our own behavior.
does one need to feel pain in the same way for it to be classified as pain. pain is pain. one of the things that unites us as humans is our ability to feel it and empathize with another.
if an animal can feel pain it doesn't matter if it is the same pain. Also I recall that Nirvana once sang "It's ok to eat fish because they don't have any feelings". For generations people thought that is true.
Some in my family call themselves Pescaterean because they for some reason don't want to inflict pain on animals (that look like us).
my point is pain is pain - the rest is just mental gymnastics that allow us to justify our own behavior.