http://crookedtimber.org/2004/04/19/nietzsche-and-squirrels/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:27:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/04/19/nietzsche-and-squirrels/comment-page-1/#comment-25608 ken Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:35:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1429#comment-25608 If you want to hear more Nietzsche on the radio, check out our Philosophy Talk episode on Nietzsche here: "http://www.philosophytalk.org/pastShows/Nietzsche.htm":http://www.philosophytalk.org/pastShows/Nietzsche.htm If you want to hear more Nietzsche on the radio, check out our Philosophy Talk episode on Nietzsche here: http://www.philosophytalk.org/pastShows/Nietzsche.htm href=”http://www.philosophytalk.org/pastShows/Nietzsche.htm” rel=”nofollow”>http://www.philosophytalk.org/pastShows/Nietzsche.htm

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/04/19/nietzsche-and-squirrels/comment-page-1/#comment-25607 Zizka Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:35:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1429#comment-25607 Published in the Guardian that's all transgressive and shit, but in 90% of the US (geographically) it would just be long-winded. What he says about preparing pheasants doesn't strike me as accurate, though perhaps they're different pheasants. Squirrel brains cause something like mad cow disease, as do your dead ancestors' brains if you live in New Guinea. Induction in action: how many different species of brains must be shown to be prionic before we can scientifically conclude that it's not good to eat brains of any kind? My own feeling is that the scientific ethic requires us to be very cautious about leaping to conclusions based on inadequate evidence, and should continue eating all kinds of brains, merely keeping a careful written record so that if the disease shows up twenty or thirty years later, the data will be usable. Published in the Guardian that’s all transgressive and shit, but in 90% of the US (geographically) it would just be long-winded. What he says about preparing pheasants doesn’t strike me as accurate, though perhaps they’re different pheasants. Squirrel brains cause something like mad cow disease, as do your dead ancestors’ brains if you live in New Guinea. Induction in action: how many different species of brains must be shown to be prionic before we can scientifically conclude that it’s not good to eat brains of any kind? My own feeling is that the scientific ethic requires us to be very cautious about leaping to conclusions based on inadequate evidence, and should continue eating all kinds of brains, merely keeping a careful written record so that if the disease shows up twenty or thirty years later, the data will be usable.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/04/19/nietzsche-and-squirrels/comment-page-1/#comment-25606 luke weiger Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:35:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1429#comment-25606 Of course, a problem for utilitarians such as myself is that it could be conceivably morally better to birth and raise "surplus" people for food than to refrain from producing them in the first place. Of course, a problem for utilitarians such as myself is that it could be conceivably morally better to birth and raise “surplus” people for food than to refrain from producing them in the first place.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/04/19/nietzsche-and-squirrels/comment-page-1/#comment-25605 Luke Weiger Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:31:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1429#comment-25605 Singer would agree that raising and slaughtering animals in humane fashion, or taking game animals, is much better than eating your typical factory farmed chicken or pig. Singer would agree that raising and slaughtering animals in humane fashion, or taking game animals, is much better than eating your typical factory farmed chicken or pig.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/04/19/nietzsche-and-squirrels/comment-page-1/#comment-25604 David Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:45:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1429#comment-25604 Did you notice that one of the pigs that Scruton consumed was named "Singer" and that Scruton makes a point of saying that it's better to butcher your pig yourself than to have it factory butchered? What a demented riposte to Peter Singer, who on other issues is equally demented. Did you notice that one of the pigs that Scruton consumed was named “Singer” and that Scruton makes a point of saying that it’s better to butcher your pig yourself than to have it factory butchered? What a demented riposte to Peter Singer, who on other issues is equally demented.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/04/19/nietzsche-and-squirrels/comment-page-1/#comment-25603 Claire Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:44:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1429#comment-25603 Poor thing. I thought I had it hard when I had to teach at 8.30 two mornings a week. Poor thing. I thought I had it hard when I had to teach at 8.30 two mornings a week.

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