Hello Ethical Comrades, I have been struggling to live my vegan lifestyle while incarcerated since my arrest for a horrific accident back in 2017. For two and a half years, while I was in county jail, and the most conservative court in the State was taking its time deciding my fate, I subsisted on under-cooked …
Spectrum of Consciousness
Sentience or “Consciousness” exists upon a Spectrum. Throughout the course of life and everyday, a being may move Up or Down that continuum. Raw feral instinct in the lower end, deep thought in the middle center, and, what the Buddhists call “Great Compassion,” at the higher end of the spectrum. Human beings exists upon a …
The Courage of a Mouse
If one can look past humanity's conditioned revulsion, rodents are very amazing and admirable creatures. The fact that no matter how hard people try (and unlike most other species on this planet) we literally cannot bring about their extinction (and also that they carry comparatively as many microscopic lifeforms within their bodies as humans) seems …
From sickness to health: Mental illness, Neurodivergence, and Happiness
Everyone has particular psychological quirks; they only become a mental illness if they turn detrimental. Mental illness is as much a part of a persons personality as anything else; whether a chemical imbalance, mood swings, or a delusional belief, all can be managed but are still a part of who we are. One does not …
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Two World Leaders – A Simple Script
My Fellow Citizens! I have come before you today to speak about the ongoing crisis in ________ and _________. While we should all be unequivocal in our condemnation of the heinous brutality of the _______ terrorists upon the helpless civilians of ______, we must likewise be steadfast against the retaliatory targeting of innocent _____ civilians …
Becoming Better Beings
Every living being exists upon a Spectrum of Consciousness, and every day of their lives every animal may rise or fall along that Spectrum. Nonhuman beings can develop empathy and harmony with other species. Humans can overcome our many bigotries and create great beauty -- even bacteria can change their behavior from parasitic to symbiotic. …
New Understanding: the True and the Good
Beliefs are not private, and powerful beliefs are not harmless. What we Believe dictates what we Do; therefore, it is imperative to believe only true and good things. What is demonstrably true is not always good, and what is subjectively good is not always true, but, within the vast spectrum of reality's varied perceptions, there …
Your-Selves
When it comes to my own wellbeing, I am often quite irreverent. Everything from minor safety precautions to contemplations of suicide, I tend to flaunt away with a shrug. However, once I understood the scientific basis of, and the evidence for, how we’re “all connected,” combined with Panpsychist philosophies of Consciousness as existing on a …
Life in a Blink: Time Dilation
Have you ever had the experience that time speeds up when you are enjoying yourself or that it slows down when you are bored? That is an example of time dilation as a subjective human experience. A more objective example would be if you were near a black hole; time would pass much slower for …
The Helpless (A Prose)
It is an awful thing when your people are attacked by your enemies; when your young and your old are helplessly slaughtered inside the trap of useless shelters; when your women are raped with knives and nails; when the massive army of your tiny country somehow manages to somehow show up 6 hours too late; …
Enchained Empirical Ethicist 