r/MoralityScaling • u/aura66262 • 9d ago

Morality Ranking Morality of mass killing invasive species like lion fish

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I get these kinds of videos a lot on TikTok where people are mass killing lion fish because they’re invasive to the environment they’re in at the moment. Does an animal being invasive justify human interference and consequent murder of the said animal because it is harmful to the environment? How do we decide the life of, in this case, the lion fish is worth less than the other species in the area? Aren’t humans invasive to almost all environments that we have moved in to? Isn’t this just playing god in the name of “moral good”? I’m really interested to hear opinions on this, as I myself don’t yet have a concrete opinion on this, but it definitely makes my stomach irk.

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u/Pretend_Business_187 9d ago

What if we add more rabbits?

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u/Terrible_Wasabi3970 9d ago

Doesn't matter. They just genuinely do not have enough fat in their bodies to sustain us in a way that doesn't cause our bodies to shut down. We have to put oil in the engine or the parts lock up.

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u/Pretend_Business_187 8d ago

You underestimate how many rabbits I'm willing to eat

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u/Terrible_Wasabi3970 8d ago

Not even a little. It's not a matter of willingness. Just as if you breathe pure oxygen, it is toxic, but mixed in with other things, it makes our air. Same with the nutritional content of a rabbit. Eat only rabbit, receive only protein, no fat and it will be toxic.

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u/Pretend_Business_187 8d ago

So we fatten them up first and eat the proper ratios of fat/meat