>>5596
i wasnt talking about the market value of a dog, since it is currently legal to buy certain nonhuman animals.
ergo they have a "price" and are not "priceless" but that is not what i was talking about. i was talking about the relationship that is
not replaceable. sure you can get ANOTHER dog, but that is only "replacing" the animal on a materialistic level, not the relationship itself.
> If you've owned any amount of pets
i have lived with a non human companion before, but i have never "owned" a "pet" in my entire life.
>you'll no doubt agree that some pets are objectively better than others
false, i disagree. they are all individuals, yes. and thus are all different. but if you try and meassure what makes a sentient
being "better", you are being subjective and not objective. this is called discrimination/racism/sexism/specism/etc
>easily trained, friendlier, aggressive, you get my point
actually i don't get your point. they are all individuals yes. which makes every single relationship unique. besides, these attributes
(of character / personality) if we shall call it that, is what makes every relationship so special. the harder you work on your
relationship, the deeper you can bond. some people like their lover to be more passive others like them more agressive.
but that is based on the subject who feels like that. others will feel different. there are people to whom
loved ones are priceless and irreplaceable (which you dont appear to belong to i suppose)
>anything that can have its attributes (utility) ranked can be assigned a monetary value
false again. not everything that can be ranked, can be ranked according to utility. my favorite color is blue, followed by yellow, etc
these colors are ranked according to my "subjective" ranking system. yet blue or yellow while ranked, can't be assigned a monetary value.
blue isnt inherantly more valuable than yellow. i personally subjectively simply "like" it better.
that goes for anything that is as abstract, such as taste, liste of favorite songs, favorite species, favorite "pet", etc
> And our (in)justice system proves this fact
false. as said, you cant meassure something as abstract as love, emotional/sentimental value or taste. because there are no scientific reference frames,
meaning there are no standards, meaning there is no comparisson, meaning you cant objectively rank anything abstract.
and if you cant rank it, you cant apply value (not just monetary value, but value in general) to this. and if something has no value or infinite value
it is priceless but just because you cant meassure something, does not mean you cant experience/feel it.
QED. you refuted nothing.
>>5598 >>5607
>There is nothing in this world except money. There is no love, no pride, no justice, no patriotism, no faith, and no altruism. There is only money
sadface.jpg. let me assure you that all these really do exist. but talking about money, money is merely a symbol.
and like all symbols only has the value that we attribute to it. not more not less. society might be skewed to think love does not matter only money
or power does. but society also thinks animals are "its" and not sentient creatures. i don't share many of societies views. because they are
objectively demonstrably false.
besides, fractional reserve banking will sooner or later collapse... so no more money. but thats a whole different issue.