Marcus du Sautoy Meets Steven Pinker - Why Rationality Matters
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Why Shouldn't We All Just Walk Out Right Now?
Stephanie Coontz: I was just wondering, i think it's really exciting to hare you talking about statisticlsdecision theory. And i'd like to see your thoughts on how people should choose their utility functions and values. So why am i not flaming hypocrite? Why shouldn't you we all just walk out right now? Well, appreciating the arguments why we give consideration to animals. Going back to bentham, that is, who zeroed in on the morally relevant question, namely, noght. Can they talk? Not can they reason, but can they suffer? One moral argument for being a vegan or vegetarian, is to reduce suffering - which is
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