Kip Clip #7
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In Kip Clip #2, I mentioned that the Larry Craig scandal got a lot of libertarians thinking about the propriety of public decency laws and "bathroom sting operations." See this post.
Another scandal that led to similar debates was of course the Michael Vick incident. Do only humans have "human rights"? Are different forms of life to be valued differently — and if so, then how is the differential to be determined?
To answer these non-trivial questions, let's jump in the TARDIS and vortex our way down the slippery slope:
I can't get quite comfortable with that last line. There's a similar line in another episode: "If I don't like it, then it will end." As much as I loathe utilitarianism, I loathe the dictator principle even more. Damn activist Time Lord...
Another scandal that led to similar debates was of course the Michael Vick incident. Do only humans have "human rights"? Are different forms of life to be valued differently — and if so, then how is the differential to be determined?
To answer these non-trivial questions, let's jump in the TARDIS and vortex our way down the slippery slope:
I can't get quite comfortable with that last line. There's a similar line in another episode: "If I don't like it, then it will end." As much as I loathe utilitarianism, I loathe the dictator principle even more. Damn activist Time Lord...
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20 September 2007
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