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www.steelsnowflake.org
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| | | | | Our views of animal ethics in philosophy fall under three broad but distinct strands of thought: a Cartesian, a Kantian, and a Darwinian. All three co-exist uneasily in society today. This essay looks at how these interact with each other in the modern world and what it means for how we view the world and the animals in it. | |
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www.greaterwrong.com
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| | | | | "If the ends don't justify the means, what does?" -variously attributed "I think of myself as running on hostile hardware." -Justin Corwin Yesterday I talked about how humans may have evolved a structure of political revolution, beginning by believing themselves morally superior to the corrupt current power structure, but ending by being corrupted by power themselves-not by any plan in their own minds, but by the echo of ancestors who did the same and thereby reproduced. | |
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bashibazuk.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Abstract: research into the subjective states of animals is highly important for the long term future. However, the dynamics of public opinion may threaten the scientific and political environments in which ideas must be developed and implemented. I outline a particular way in which this is especially likely to happen for animal consciousness research and | |
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www.qri.org
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| | | Content Warning: Trying to understand the contents of this essay may be mindwarping. Proceed with caution. | ||
