MugaSofer comments on Humans are utility monsters - Less Wrong

67 Post author: PhilGoetz 16 August 2013 09:05PM

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Comment author: MugaSofer 18 August 2013 09:39:05PM -1 points [-]

Most cultures, I understand, base moral worth on a "great chain of being" model, with gods above heroes above mortals, and mortals above those **s in the next village above smart animals above dumb animals ... you probably get the picture.