[nickcarraway]

This emphasis on the happiness and suffering of others explains why we don't have moral obligations toward rocks.

What a bigot this guy is. Jainists (and possibly other religions?) do believe they have moral obligations to rocks.

[TradicalRC]

What a bigot this guy is. Jainists (and possibly other religions?) do believe they have moral obligations to rocks.

I do not think that is correct. The Jainists have a profound respect for all living things, they would not consider a rock a living thing; it is considered ajiva.