/lit/ - Literature

>>20621118
>This whole machinery, this industry, is evil because it is rooted in a violation of the categorical imperative, the moral necessity of treating others as ends unto themselves, and not as means to one's own ends, which includes the moral duty to honesty.
Well, I certainly don't think they're "good," since I'm not an ad exec, but evil isn't some transcendental reality independent of those involved. It's good for the predator, bad for the prey. Advertising wouldn't be possible if not for the feebleness of the consumer. We might feel there is something shameful in exploiting the stupid but that's not a universal feeling.
>>20623087
I meant "inflicting pain" on a much more interpersonal sense, as one can go about getting what he wants from other people in a fair or amicable way (though what that means is contentious, it would not mean stealing, murdering, forcing oneself, etc), not in a more total sense as in "leave no trace" best practices for camping. Of course we're going to trample grass, insects, microbes, whatever else, eat animals, participate in economic life such that others may be exploited, but those are harder and potentially impossible to avoid—and may not even be worth the trouble to avoid in some circumstances.
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>>20623518
Animals aren't dumb or senseless but perceive a world differently than yours. Even among humans there are different worlds. Read Uexküll

i love the keions

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>>19692961
I just pick the most garbage take in the post, usually it jumps at you because of how rank it smells, and respond to that. Like when he says he's not threatening you, he's totally wrong. He's pretending to be god's law enforcement, of course there is an implicit threat. If there weren't, he wouldn't even be a christer

What are some anti-epistemology books?