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304. Justin Gregg — If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity

The Michael Shermer Show

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Jeremy Bentham's Little Whip About Animals

I always like Jeremy Bentham's little whip about animals. It's not can they talk or can they reason? Can they suffer? Yes. And then that is the basis for modern welfare and rights arguments. Peter Singer's books come out on that. I just find it so inherently compelling.

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