Here's the full-text link, the paper is actually free.
https://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5/261.long
I gave it a quick skim as I'm a bit sleepy, but it doesn't look like a serious proposition, it's more of a devil's advocate kind of thing. I guess it's a good thing, after all it stimulates a reflection on the nature of personhood and stuff like that. It's all good
https://jme.bmj.com/content/39/5/261.long
I gave it a quick skim as I'm a bit sleepy, but it doesn't look like a serious proposition, it's more of a devil's advocate kind of thing. I guess it's a good thing, after all it stimulates a reflection on the nature of personhood and stuff like that. It's all good
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."