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infin8fish

['Member']Joined: December 13, 2020 at 17:25Last active: January 11, 2021 at 16:251 discussions12 comments

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Yes.
January 11, 2021 at 16:14
Coercive control on an individual versus individual level would be much more aggressive in nature compared to the sort of control a society would impo...
January 10, 2021 at 07:53
What if the person in question has no interest in contributing to society? What if that society was seen as evil according to that person's moral code...
January 09, 2021 at 07:23
If viewed on a practical rather than theoretical level it still means that mass production of animal products would probably be considered unethical b...
January 08, 2021 at 22:41
In: Assange  — view comment
Agreed, not a threat, merely a further sign of democracy's decline, its inability to properly evolve with the information age. But even so it is still...
January 07, 2021 at 17:45
"...need/want meat and other animal products." Quite a crucial difference. Need or want? If you think humans 'need' to eat animal products to live the...
January 07, 2021 at 16:48
You don't have to drive a car to survive, you don't have to eat animal products to survive. These are choices that facilitate a more comfortable/easie...
January 07, 2021 at 06:35
In: Assange  — view comment
The arrest of Assange is just another nail in the coffin of democracy. The only way democracy can function is with a strong and free press. It is a ba...
January 06, 2021 at 15:57
Yes it is unethical if your ethics include the idea that you should not be cruel to animals. If you believe it is ethical to torture animals as such b...
January 06, 2021 at 15:33
Destruction is another word for death and pretty much everyone is deathly afraid of death which means destruction = bad. Hey I feel ya, your argument ...
December 14, 2020 at 18:24
In: Mistakes  — view comment
What if your disagreement with the other person is not based on the idea that the other has made a mistake but is a search for an answer? This could b...
December 14, 2020 at 17:37
What about a more practical look at an argument for antinatalism that could work for you? I don't think such a philosophy would ever be strong enough ...
December 13, 2020 at 17:45