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← Kindness to animals seems to be one of the latest moral developments

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 8 Feb 1780 to 18 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under animal welfare animal welfare Everything filed under consciousness consciousness Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under AI sentience AI sentience Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Kindness to animals seems to be one of the latest moral developments Kindness to animals seems to be one of thelatest moral developments CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: Present-day European morality is herd-animal morality, and higher moralities are or should be possible — tap to centre the map on it Present-day European morality isherd-animal morality, and highermoralities are or should be possible FN Friedrich Nietzsche — holds since c. 1886 — tap for who they are Same subject: Moral understanding is not improving as science is, and people should stop being wolves to one another — tap to centre the map on it Moral understanding is not improvingas science is, and people shouldstop being wolves to one another Last stated 247 years ago 8 Feb 1780 BF Benjamin Franklin — holds since 1780-02-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: The mental difference between humans and higher animals is one of degree, not kind — tap to centre the map on it The mental difference between humansand higher animals is one of degree,not kind CD Charles Darwin — holds since c. 1871–1874 — tap for who they are Same subject: The more effective altruism has absorbed itself in saving humanity, the less humanistic it has become. — tap to centre the map on it The more effective altruism hasabsorbed itself in saving humanity,the less humanistic it has become. Last stated 3 years ago 21 Dec 2023 MJ Matt Johnson — holds since 2023-12-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: In situations that bring people closer to their animal nature, such as illness or childbirth, they tend to behave more instinctively and impolitely. — tap to centre the map on it In situations that bring peoplecloser to their animal nature, suchas illness or childbirth, they tendto behave more instinctively andimpolitely. Last stated 7 months ago 6 Apr 2026 MA Mari Andrew — holds since 2026-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Broadly, human ethical progress is the gradual extension of mutual aid from the tribe toward the whole of humanity — tap to centre the map on it Broadly, human ethical progress isthe gradual extension of mutual aidfrom the tribe toward the whole ofhumanity PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans should get used to the idea that we are no longer mysterious souls but hackable animals — tap to centre the map on it Humans should get used to the ideathat we are no longer mysterioussouls but hackable animals Last stated 7 years ago 23 Jan 2020 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2020-01-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Animal species with the least individual struggle and the most mutual aid are invariably the most numerous and prosperous — tap to centre the map on it Animal species with the leastindividual struggle and the mostmutual aid are invariably the mostnumerous and prosperous PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Domesticated animals are collectively the most successful animals on Earth and individually the most miserable that ever existed — tap to centre the map on it Domesticated animals arecollectively the most successfulanimals on Earth and individuallythe most miserable that ever existed Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Effective altruism's work on the far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending. — tap to centre the map on it Effective altruism's work on the farfuture is not a bait and switchhiding behind its work on globalhealth; both halves are worthdefending. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Nov 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Factory farming of animals will be looked back on as a relic of a less-evolved age — tap to centre the map on it Factory farming of animals will belooked back on as a relic of aless-evolved age Last stated 17 years ago 27 Oct 2009 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2009-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Science has shown beyond reasonable doubt that farm animals are sentient beings who can suffer — tap to centre the map on it Science has shown beyond reasonabledoubt that farm animals are sentientbeings who can suffer Last stated 11 years ago 25 Sept 2015 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2015-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI sentience is a category error, and the chances of AIs being sentient are vanishingly small. — tap to centre the map on it AI sentience is a category error,and the chances of AIs beingsentient are vanishingly small. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: AIs that convincingly pretend to have feelings will come to be granted rights through social convention — tap to centre the map on it AIs that convincingly pretend tohave feelings will come to begranted rights through socialconvention Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mystical state defies expression, so its quality must be experienced directly and cannot be passed on to others — tap to centre the map on it A mystical state defies expression,so its quality must be experienceddirectly and cannot be passed on toothers WJ William James — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A pain is essentially defined by how it feels, so knowing how it feels is knowing what it is. — tap to centre the map on it A pain is essentially defined by howit feels, so knowing how it feels isknowing what it is. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jul 2026 PG Philip Goff — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person is best understood as a loose jumble of barely intelligent, looping processes producing only the illusion of coherent subjectivity. — tap to centre the map on it A person is best understood as aloose jumble of barely intelligent,looping processes producing only theillusion of coherent subjectivity. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Kindness to animals seems to be one of the latest moral developments Last stated c. 1871–1874 Holds Charles Darwin Read this korrent →