The "Abolitionists" want to genetically create a cruelty free world

[auroraglacialis]

Originally Posted by Moco Loco

Right, I'm not sure what the motivation for such a thing would be, unless the whole idea was just a crazy "what if" moment, more about could it be done than actually doing it.

The motivation is clear ans Silver Stag wrote it. They want to apply "civilized" human ideals that even "civilized" humans cannot adhere to (end of violence and cruelty, love happiness and rainbows with unicorns) to the natural world. And to get there, they basically have to dometicate, break and reassemble the natural world. Essentially they are creating a garden instead of wilderness - a garden that only holds domesticated and in this case even engineered life. I assume they are motivated by that false idea that evolution and progress has a goal and a direction toward something "more advanced" - that they have to improve the imprefection of life according to how they define that imperfection. And its not as remote as one thinks. Yesterday there was a show on TV about transhumanism and the lot - they boasted about all the things that will be possible to be done soon. So if they are true, technically this would seem just beyond grasp. I think there are certainly many people who would like to see this happening if it was possible. Thinking of all the vegans out there...

Unless of course these people do have no value for a natural world anyways but rather want to abolish it:

Originally Posted by Clarke

Why keep nature around if you have the biotech to do everything it does? (As they appear to assume as part of their premise.)

... which just makes clear that some people just did not get any of the messages from Avatar that the natural world and the culture of indigenous peoples have a value of their own and that it is not all just about utilitarianism and efficiency.