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Hume claimed that we cannot use deduction to justify induction. But Mill argues that deduction itself is only thought to work because of inducing generalizations from our experience. Hume cannot use deductive reasoning to undermine
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“The junkie derives his opioid supply exogenously; while the release of endogenous opioids in the rest of us is triggered, and not always very reliably either, by stimuli such as food, sex, exercise and social interaction. We're all still seeking the same core states of psycho-chemical well-being under one description or other.”
― The Hedonistic Imperative
― The Hedonistic Imperative
“In fact, in most cases, the bulls killed in the arena are butchered and the meat is distributed to the poor. The difference between the two situations is that in one situation, the slaughter is not choreographed; in the other, it is. And that is the only difference.”
― Eat Like You Care: An Examination of the Morality of Eating Animals
― Eat Like You Care: An Examination of the Morality of Eating Animals
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