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How much meat were you eating before deciding to take the toll, and how much did you enjoy it?
We have been vegan-ish in our household for a while now, but never really ate much meat before. It was very simple way to be less evil.
If any, is there a shortlist of alternatives that people use over wikipedia? i.e. people who just go to the first result or who avoid wiki; where do they end up?
In my experience, the first link is typically wikipedia if you search for an exact term rather than a question ("What is the capital of italy" vs "Italy capital". the latter puts wiki at the top for me).
Appreciative of the broadness here, but I take trust in the readership here to recommend interestingly.
I'm looking for an introductory book on non-democratic political systems. I'd be particularly interested in a book that argues some of the core issues in democracy, and proposes alternative solutions.
I often find myself critical of democratic systems ("we shouldn't be voting, I don't trust these people"), but have little arguing power to the alternatives when needed. Often hear neoreactionary / anarchism thrown around, but I'd actually like to ready beyond a wikipedia article.
Thoughts?
Great response, thanks.
Finding the hardest to argue against are the deontologists. Morality is a hard one to pin down and define, but my original thought process still holds up here.
"you're not allowed to kill civilians"
Unless moral objectives are black and white, we can assign a badness to each. Killing and allowing death are subtly different to most people, but not to the chime of 80 people. In both cases, you will kill civilians - and in that light, the problem becomes a minimisation one. I still would then say that inaction is less moral than action in the above situation.
... (read 494 more words →)drone operators quite often face the possibility of collateral damage, and
I watched "Eye in the Sky" this past week, and ended up having a large argument with a friend after.
Story follows the UK Army following most-wanted terrorists in Kenya using a drone in the sky. They follow them into a house where they start preparing suicide vests. Plan turns into a remote drone strike, but the pilot keeps delaying as there is a young girl outside the house.
Essentially, a story line similar to the trolley problem - do you (potentially) save 1 innocent girl's life, or potentially watch terrorists attack a crowded place (film estimated 80 deaths).
I found it really hard to sympathise with the "wait and save girl" argument - the moral conflict here is fairly small, and could have been made worse in the film. Friend disagreed saying what they did was wrong.
Am I missing something?
Not particularly math-y, but people around me loved "how the mind works" from Steven Pinker.
Perfect, thanks. Suppose a couple days wait can't hurt ;).
Any way to get a list of the questions asked here without me going through the survey again and adding bad data?
Was interested in some of the blogs / book related questions for sources.
Newbie, done.
True also for non-military organisations. I imagine tenure and position has a lot to say for many medium-large sized companies.
As romantic as being someone, it's typically those who are someone that have the power to sway.
Though I presume most employed people are "being someone" rather than doing something.