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 …
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Fear – Free
As of former veteran and martial arts instructor, I used to take the time to sit away from windows in restaurants in case of snipers, with my back to a corner, in case of attack, and keeping track of customers coming and going in case of an ambush, but then I came to prison and …
No Tribalism: Free Personhood
People make a lot of excuses for their families, they make a lot of excuses for their tribes, and they make a lot of excuses for their traditions. People who make these excuses for their arbitrarily assigned groups, most of which they never chose themselves, are often at the expense of all reason and at …
Enchained Empirical Ethicist 