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Small-Scale Question Sunday for May 7, 2023

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Why do many people find it more upsetting to see animals suffer than humans? I don't like seeing any living creature suffer, but my rankings, from worst to least bad, are human children, then animals, then human adults.

On a conscious level, I know that animals can't be entirely innocent, because they kill smaller creatures, but I think maybe they're just innocent enough that they remind me of children on a subconscious level. Or maybe they literally don't realize the meaning of their actions.