I hope it goes without saying that this is a heresy and not something I actually believe. A recent article in the Journal of Controversial Ideas makes the case for animal-rights terrorism.
“There is widespread agreement that coercive force may be used to prevent people from seriously and wrongfully harming others. But what about when those others are non-human animals? Some militant animal rights activists endorse the use of violent coercion against those who would otherwise harm animals. In the philosophical literature on animal ethics, however, theirs is a stance that enjoys little direct support. I contend that such coercion is nevertheless prima facie morally permissible.”
I hope it goes without saying that this is a heresy and not something I actually believe.
Oh, that was not transparent to me. After reading this sentence I interpret the post as “here are 20 thoughts you are not allowed to think”, but previously I had more probability mass on “these are 20 ideas that I believe are true and that are heretical in nature”.
Same for me. I was quite undecided if the author really hold all 20 beliefs or not. I switched to “probably just a list of made-up thoughts not really endorsed by the author” mainly because I considered believing in heresy 12 and 16 at the same time quite contradictory.
I hope it goes without saying that this is a heresy and not something I actually believe. A recent article in the Journal of Controversial Ideas makes the case for animal-rights terrorism.
“There is widespread agreement that coercive force may be used to prevent people from seriously and wrongfully harming others. But what about when those others are non-human animals? Some militant animal rights activists endorse the use of violent coercion against those who would otherwise harm animals. In the philosophical literature on animal ethics, however, theirs is a stance that enjoys little direct support. I contend that such coercion is nevertheless prima facie morally permissible.”
Oh, that was not transparent to me. After reading this sentence I interpret the post as “here are 20 thoughts you are not allowed to think”, but previously I had more probability mass on “these are 20 ideas that I believe are true and that are heretical in nature”.
Same for me. I was quite undecided if the author really hold all 20 beliefs or not. I switched to “probably just a list of made-up thoughts not really endorsed by the author” mainly because I considered believing in heresy 12 and 16 at the same time quite contradictory.
I second this, I sincerely thought these were thoughts you held.