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Can rocks suffer on panpsychism?

There is no way to provide a definitive answer to your question. The possibility that rocks experience pain is purely a matter of conjecture. Pain as we know it seems to be associated with chemical ...
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Can rocks suffer on panpsychism?

The short answer is yes, under (some interpretations of) panpsychism, rocks and other things might be said to experience a prototypical kind of suffering, which I'd prefer to call "aversive ...
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Abortion debate - is it unjustified for me to communicate my feelings regarding abortion decisions?

My question is basically, why it is not justified for me to have a voice about another living being? When opinions are divided and the topic is considered a "hot" topic, this generally ...
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Abortion debate - is it unjustified for me to communicate my feelings regarding abortion decisions?

First time on the internet? Seriously though; there's a lot here and with abortion in general. There are a lot of really bad arguments, on both sides. I'll try to address at least some. Hopefully it's ...
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Abortion debate - is it unjustified for me to communicate my feelings regarding abortion decisions?

Communication never takes place in a vacuum. There's always a necessary context, and that impacts what words and expressions are understood to mean. In the age of the global internet, people are quite ...
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Abortion debate - is it unjustified for me to communicate my feelings regarding abortion decisions?

You made some very unfortunate word choices. Killing a baby is one of the worst possible crimes imaginable in the western world. By calling a foetus “baby” you basically say that abortion is one of ...
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Abortion debate - is it unjustified for me to communicate my feelings regarding abortion decisions?

In this answer, I try to explain to OP why he got stiff feedback from social media; I am trying my utmost not to take a stand on the issue of abortion. If you feel that I write something about ...
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Abortion debate - is it unjustified for me to communicate my feelings regarding abortion decisions?

"give the lady some cooling off period, and some counselling" I get the good intention behind this, but in practice, these things tend to exist exclusively to try to convince a woman that ...
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Abortion debate - is it unjustified for me to communicate my feelings regarding abortion decisions?

Abortion is very contentious, arousing all kinds of strong feelings. Some people believe that the unborn's life should trump the interests of the mother, while others believe the opposite. Some people ...
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