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For people who've taken philosophy classes, was there something you learned that you now use everyday? (lemmy.world)

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[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

My philosophy class turned my vegan, no one else in the class was to my knowledge nor something I expected. But when discussing the social contract, it felt so arbitrary that I had a moral obligation to not harm humans but nothing for animals. Both of their suffering is understandable to me, so why is one permissible and the other forbidden?

Anyways, like 8 years ago now and still vegan. I'm very much not an "animal" or "nature" person. Just someone interested in philosophy and came across something that bothered me deeply. Obviously it was the most impactful class I have ever taken.

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