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www.lesswrong.com | ||
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status451.com
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| | | | | A week or two ago I wrote up a post on Tumblr, entitled "What I Believe". It was my attempt at a work-in-progress accounting of my politics, philosophy, and worldview. I'm cross-posting it here. Hopefully I can cajole the other authors into writing similar posts, and we can compare and contrast our differences. That would... | |
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angelogistics.neocities.org
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| | | | | [AI summary] The text presents a personal journal of an individual's thoughts, feelings, and experiences. It reflects on various aspects of their life, including emotional struggles, creative pursuits, relationships, and personal growth. The journal touches on themes of love, loss, identity, and the challenges of being an artist or creator. It also includes references to media such as anime, literature, and art, as well as personal reflections on mental health and self-expression. The tone is introspective and often poetic, with a deep sense of self-awareness and vulnerability. | |
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www.greaterwrong.com
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| | | | | The following are extracts from the paper "Is Empathy Necessary For Morality?" (philpapers) by Jesse Prinz (WP) of CUNY; recently linked in a David Brooks New York Times column, "The Limits of Empathy": Not only is there little evidence for the claim that empathy is necessary, there is also reason to think empathy can interfere with the ends of morality. A capacity for empathy might make us better people, but placing empathy at the center of our moral lives may be ill?advised. That is not to say that morality shouldn't centrally involve emotions. I think emotions are essential for moral judgment and moral motivation (Prinz, 2007)1. It's just that empathetic emotions are not ideally suited for these jobs. | |
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othersociologist.com
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| | | By Zuleyka Zevallos, PhD Sociology and anthropology have long used the experiences of "third sex" cultures, such as the Native American Two Spirit people, to teach students about the social construction of sex and gender. In many cultures around the world, people are allowed to live their lives beyond conventional binaries; they need not... | ||
