Posted in Personal Minutiae, Politics on November 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Having looked at all the senate candidates and their policies, I went to the polling booth yesterday and cast my vote. On the way I passed the volunteers that were passing out ‘how to vote’ cards. Usually I refuse these but this year I was keen to see who the different parties were preferencing.
Posted in Politics on November 21, 2007 | No Comments »
With some the election looming, and with some spare time finally, I’ve decided to write a post on some of the lesser-known parties. One thing that really sucks about the mass media is that they focus almost entirely on the Labor and Liberal parites and the minor parties get completely shafted. For instance, we only ever [...]
Posted in Animals, Ethics, Philosophy on November 11, 2007 | No Comments »
The Principle of the Equal Consideration of Interests is the foundation of Singer’s moral theory and he makes it clear that to have interests requires consciousness. This poses the rather tricky question ‘How do we detect consciousness in animals?’. His arguments in favour of the irreplaceability of persons also poses a question: ‘What makes self-conscious [...]
