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Thomas E. Hill Jr on the Basis of Human Dignity

Animal Ethics

He believed, of course, that one ought always to do one's duty and also that only acts motivated by respect for moral law have moral worth. President Bush's invasion of Iraq could have been right (i.e., Only acts in category 1 are morally worthy. For Kant, then, worthy acts are (given human fallibility) a proper subset of right acts.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

10,000 Birds

I am not sure about the security situation in Iraq these days but at least some people do ornithological research there – resulting in papers such as one titled “Breeding observations of the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines , 1789) in Iraq” Impressive.

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