It is a constant disappointment to me that humanity, which has been granted many evolutionary favours, possesses in turn such magnificent flaws as it does. The world on which we perch is a gift that often goes underappreciated, even misused, and rather than treat it with respect we crouch upon it like bacteria - a parasite - obsessed with needless ( Read more... )

A moment of your time is all I ask, and in it, the answer to a question that has busied the minds of some of the world's greatest and consequently most idle thinkers. Your philosophical standing is not crucial here, merely answer by instinct.

Is it permissable to deliberately cause unhappiness, destitution or even death to the few, if the resulting ( Read more... )