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Originally Posted by All Darc
We can say almost the same about most people...
If a advenced alien would visit us and decided to give us (treat us) the same morals that we give to other species and other people...
We would be in trouble...
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The percent of our brain mass dedicated to conscious and intentional action is pretty small. Most everything our brain does is way too important for us to be responsible for, like breathing and digesting food and whatnot. Still, having some small ability to consider morality is still infinitely more than none at all.
I would expect advanced alien species to recognize this fundamental difference between humans and all other animals. In fact, we would expect their morality to be an essential feature of being considered advanced. There's a reason we imagine advanced aliens to be humanoid and not dog-like for instance.