Almost Composed

Meditation and curiosity

Dabbling with vegetables

March 28, 2014

I don’t know why it feels like a radical step, plenty of people do it. I’ve abstained from meat for the past two months – with one exception: a steak pie cooked by my dad. A while ago I decided it was better not to eat processed meat and to only buy meat that was raised to […]

categories: reflections

Kant, and Peter Singer’s Practical Ethics

March 14, 2014

I’ve started Peter Singer’s Practical Ethics MOOC on Coursera. I’m probably most sympathetic to Kant’s thought, particularly his idea that we should… Always recognise that human individuals* are ends, and do not use them as means to your end. – Immanuel Kant Singer gave two objections to this which he framed as being fairly mild problems […]

categories: essays, philosophy
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