The book by M.C. Katz, How to Live Successfully, does not discuss animal ethics, but the principles in it can easily be extended to include animals. The author thinks it would be plenty of an achievement to get humans to the point where they understood the priorities that are in their best self-interest - as the scientific findings indicate. The science shows how the human species can continue to exist, can even flourish. It will do this by - among other things - finding a balance, becoming aware of the web of the universe, seeing how everything fits.commonsense wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:59 pm
I am curious to know in what sense the term is intended by such scientists.
But not so curious as to purchase a Kindle. The chapter headings are quite appetizing. Is there another way to obtain & read this piece?
This awareness, though, is an advanced stage of development which will be attained after everyone (or at least a critical mass) comprehend and practice the ideas to which (among many other media) this book calls attention ......and a tipping point is then reached. Early education (such as preschool) will play a large role - and, what the author refers to as "ethical technologies," will also help eventually to bring about an ethical world.
[ I found it possible to request of Amazon to download free-of-charge onto my computer the Kindle program - and then to read thereby - at no cost, provided one joins their "matchbook" program - any of the books and manuals listed on Amazon which have a Kindle version.]
I'm happy to be able to inform you that you can read free of all charge the document (the paper, the treatise, the magnum opus) right on your computer, over the internet. The priceless knowledge in it is being given away free - as the ethical way to go, . The price will soon - in a day or two - be reduced to zero.
Then you will know in what sense the term "Ethics" is used by the scientists in that field - and your healthy curiosity will be satisfied
As an alternative, until the price adjustment is arranged, you can send me a PM here, with your email address, and I will send you a pdf of the booklet. {This is a little more inconvenient as a way to access the material, and it entails more delay.} At any rate, after perusing the book, I would appreciate hearing some feedback as to your impressions and reflections on the ideas and concepts offered.
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The longer you live the more you can be setting a good example as a role model. Superb health is related to longevity. [What follows is based upon personal experience!] To be unusually healthy, to not suffer aches and pains, to rarely get sick, and then to recover within a day if you do get sick, it is recommended that you eat a plant-based diet and take B12 supplements. Become a vegetarian as early in life as possible; you don't have to be a vegan, you can be a lacto-ovo veggie, one who eats milk products (such as yoghurts) and eggs. If one of the reasons for your doing this is that you don't want animals to suffer, nor to shed their blood needlessly then you are being ethical, as Dr. Singer - after years of deep-thinking about the matter - has come to understand it.
I used the word "needlessly" for it could be argued that it is selfish of you to be able to pursue a certain cultural practice, that of meat and fish eating, rather than to comply with the diet preferred by the Great Apes - who, it turns out, have more than 32 biological points in common with us humans, points such as shape and number of teeth, how the jaw moves, etc., etc.} For further details, see https://www.healthscience.org/health-science-magazine
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I'd love to hear what Forum readers think on these issues !!