Tag: freedom

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Cato and Ockham on Slaughter

Anything that makes life less-worse for the victims is welcome (but watch out for hidden poison that entrenches their miserable fate even deeper)

Preserving non-stun slaughter for ā€œfreedom of cult (or culture)ā€ is an abomination: Freedom of belief, yes, but not freedom of barbaric practice (slavery, genital mutilation, animal ā€œsacrifice,ā€ gladiator sports, rodeosā€¦)

And, ceterum censeo, no sentient creature should ever be harmedĀ praeter necessitatem,Ā i.e., beyond necessity for survival (as in the case of conflict of life/death interest between obligate carnivores and their prey, including the few remaining human subsistence hunting/fishing habitats ā€“ none of which are in the UK.

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World Happiness Report

The Hygge ladder

I think it would be more informative to ask people:

  1. whether they or their loved ones have any (a) mild, (b) moderate, or (c) grave illnesses
  2. whether they or their loved ones do not have enough to eat for the foreseeable future
  3. whether they or their loved ones do not have a place to live for the foreseeable future
  4. whether they  or their loved ones are not free, or in danger of harm

If their reply to 1-4 is no, then they should forget the 10-point Hygge ladder and count themselves as happy (and consider helping those sentient beings whose reply to 1-4 is not no).