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Vegetarianism: Part 2, Practical and Environmental Concerns
A tentative exploration of some motivations for vegetarianism by carl Wednesday, December 3 2008 # PermalinkC Comment
*Please Note* This is as yet unmoderated, and un-proof-read document. Feel free to point out omissions. Thank you. It continues from Vegetarianism, Part 1: History .
The main motivations (or justifications) for switching to a vegetarian diet can be classified as follows:
Practical
Environmental
Health
Ethical
Religious grounds
Non-religious grounds
I shall now discuss each of these categories separately, attempting to draw on…
Vegetarianism: Part 1, History
Regurgitating untested viewpoints for all to dump on. by carl Thursday, November 6 2008 # PermalinkC Comment
Well well well. Here we are again, about to embark on another mostly aimless tangent.
I feel I should begin with historical background, in light of my recent Romanticism/Age of Enlightenment divergence. Browsing the internet quickly takes one back a long way.
Ancient to Medieval History
In the West, we look back to the Greeks:
You ask me for what reason Pythagoras abstained from eating the flesh of brutes? for my part I am astonished to think what appetite…
Free Will and Me
My Philosophical Heritage and Compatabilism by carl Tuesday, November 4 2008 # PermalinkC Comment
Some people are quite obsessed by 'free will' (some people don't give a flying proverbial. If in this category, go to 'Back'.) Mostly, they're either religious or avidly interested in the science/philosophy boundary. This means there are not only small variations of opinion, but massive rifts in viewpoint amongst those who find this an interesting question.
I just thought I'd throw in my personal perspective and history. (A 'Free Will and Me' thing, you might say.)
For those of…
Bergman Season
Ingmar Bergman and his real films by carl Sunday, August 3 2008 # PermalinkC Comment
Just a note to say: there's an Ingmar Bergman season on Film4 at the moment.
If you've never seen anything of his, at least in full, you've probably still come across something from The Seventh Seal : the knight playing chess with death.
Brilliant.
Swedish with English subtitles, but brilliant.
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