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 …
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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 …
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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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. …
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 …
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; …
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 