#Like i guess at minimum slugcats have an understanding of things that harm other creatures enough that they might make an active choice to | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

gay-artificer · 1 year

Text

Honestly the idea of slugcats existing in a sort of space where they are capable of 'moral' thought but not having a full structural concept of it in like, slugcat culture is kinda an interesting thought. Like they have sympathy as a personality value that governs a willingness to do harm, particular in terms of slugpups being unwilling to eat live food like centipedes if it has high enough values, if i recall right.

Which does seem to at least a basis for slugcats having an internal capacity (or lack of) for violence, and at least some understanding of what the 'weight' of choosing to harm something is- enough to potentially have a discomfort with it just by their personal nature. The idea of experiencing guilt for a natural, accepted and expected behavior without otherwise having a full understanding of what guilt is even is interesting.

#like do little slugpups grow out of that and adjust outta necessity or are their like. Slugcat families that grow up still avoidant of those #food sources because they don't like killing?#would that not be a 'moral' choice? Since its a choice made from ones discomfort with a potential action?#but like #not one other slugcats even consider as a thing #Like i guess at minimum slugcats have an understanding of things that harm other creatures enough that they might make an active choice to #avoid doing such. Although I will state I don't think that inherently makes the choice to harm an immoral one for this hypothetical animal.#Especially since in this brainstorm other slugcats don't consider anything about this at all. And a horde of slugpups can consume a pile of #centipedes in seconds so they have no hang ups at all sometimes #this isnt bioposting this is something else. something sinister #whatever #rw bioposting

24 notes · View notes