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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Animal Rights and Wrongs' and 'Human, All Too Human'

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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 1. Slavery
14819 Slavery cannot be judged by our standards, because the sense of justice was then less developed [Nietzsche]
25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / a. Legal system
14847 Laws that are well thought out, or laws that are easy to understand? [Nietzsche]
25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / a. Right to punish
14814 Execution is worse than murder, because we are using the victim, and really we are the guilty [Nietzsche]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars
14836 People will enthusiastically pursue an unwanted war, once sacrifices have been made [Nietzsche]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / a. Aims of education
14845 Don't crush girls with dull Gymnasium education, the way we have crushed boys! [Nietzsche]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles
14848 Education in large states is mediocre, like cooking in large kitchens [Nietzsche]
14839 Interest in education gains strength when we lose interest in God [Nietzsche]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / c. Teaching
14834 Teachers only gather knowledge for their pupils, and can't be serious about themselves [Nietzsche]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights
4295 We favour our own animals over foreign ones because we see them as fellow citizens [Scruton]
4268 Animals command our sympathy and moral concern initially because of their intentionality [Scruton]
4291 Letting your dog kill wild rats, and keeping rats for your dog to kill, are very different [Scruton]
4263 Many of the stranger forms of life (e.g. worms) interest us only as a species, not as individuals [Scruton]
4276 An animal has individuality if it is nameable, and advanced animals can respond to their name [Scruton]
4277 I may avoid stepping on a spider or flower, but fellow-feeling makes me protect a rabbit [Scruton]
4278 Lucky animals are eaten by large predators, the less lucky starve, and worst is death by small predators [Scruton]
4279 We can easily remove the risk of suffering from an animal's life, but we shouldn't do it [Scruton]
4289 Sheep and cattle live comfortable lives, and die an enviably easy death [Scruton]
4292 Concern for one animal may harm the species, if the individual is part of a bigger problem [Scruton]
4294 Animals are outside the community of rights, but we still have duties towards them [Scruton]
4296 Brutal animal sports are banned because they harm the personality of the watcher [Scruton]
4288 Many breeds of animals have needs which our own ancestors planted in them [Scruton]
4293 Introducing a natural means of controlling animal population may not be very compassionate [Scruton]