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I’ll debate the ethics of preserving heritage livestock breeds or bringing beings into existence just to kill them down the line, once we stop amputating body parts without anesthesia .
Asterisk Magazine Issue 02 Food

This is an excellent documentary. It follows a single cow. You watch her give birth to a calf, provide the milk we drink, you see her graze in the fields and socialize with other cows. And then when she shows signs of age and illness, you watch her human handlers, whom she trusts, shoot her in the head.
I’m not a vegeta... See more
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In this age of utopian technologies, we can design mechanical limbs for amputees and chemically engineer happiness for depressives. But should we? From the fluoride in our water to genetically modified babies, scientific advances pose complex new ethical questions. We ask discuss the major bioethical issues of our time. Is philosophy braced for thi... See more
Emily Jackson • Lse Festival 2019 | Brave New World [Audio]
10 bio companies on the edge of legality and ethics:
- Alcor - freezes people after death (running since 1974; >200 people frozen)
- Viagen - clones animals like cats, dogs, and horses for private owners
- Nectome - brain preservation co aiming at long-term memory preservation (Sam Altman on waitlist)___LI... See more
Dr. Shelbyx.comThe Survival Lottery: In a society facing a severe shortage of organs for transplantation, a lottery system is proposed where individuals are randomly selected to be killed for their organs to save multiple lives. Would you support such a system? This experiment, proposed by philosopher John Harris, pushes the logic of utilitarianism to its limits ... See more

I hope everyone who cares about the best interests of animals, public health, and food security will come to this webinar to better understand the ways animals are killed in our currently publicly funded system, in which consumers have been forced into dependency on animal-based protein that is produced in ways that are not in alignment with most o... See more
