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#395: Skin in the Game

The Art of Manliness

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Ethics of Preference: Scale Matters

Ethical considerations in treatment of living beings often depend on a scale of value or preference. Individuals tend to have biases, favoring certain animals, such as mammals like dogs and cats, over others like insects or microbes. This suggests that pure universalism in ethics, which advocates for equal treatment of all beings, faces practical limitations as it demands extending compassion toward all forms of life without distinction.

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