“Insects Are Not Moderately Important” by Bentham’s Bulldog

Crosspost from my blog that you should totally check out!

If I were an animal, I would be a bug. Statistically.

—David Sposito.

C.S. Lewis once said, “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” In other words, the thing one cannot think is that Christianity is only a bit important—that following the way of Christ should be part of one's life, but not a big part. You should not be the sort of person who goes to church once a month, occasionally feels contrite about their sins, but basically ignores Christianity most of the time.

This is how I feel about insect suffering.

I wrote an article recently about insects. In short, I argued that there are so many insects that their suffering is the biggest deal in the world. Most insects live [...]

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First published:
April 23rd, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/RhcP8TkCMbeRHH8ay/untitled-draft-hrbq

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