Joey Graceffa and Sam Harris: MEN OF PRINCIPLE.
14 October 2018 [link youtube]
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LINKS TO THE SOURCES QUOTED:
Joey Graceffa explaining to that he is a person of outstanding moral fiber, upstanding ecological concern, and of a refined, principled sensibility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ZLf-Z7xYw
Sam Harris standing in front of a plain, white background:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ-hkpqVlYw
Sam Harris having the question put to him by Ask Yourself (Isaac): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4HXvhofoak
The cover image says, "Beware 'men of principle'," in this case being wary of how they differentiate their principles from their deeds.
Youtube Automatic Transcription
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I'm trying my best to you know gain some weight back and eat healthy this is the the easiest and quickest way I know how because being vegan is very difficult constantly bloated dealing with a lot of gut issues you know my health comes first I'm sorry to the chickens that unfortunately I'm eating every time I eat chicken I just feel so bad and I just like take a moment I know some weird but thank the chicken or giving their life it's really sad to think about it because when you buy chicken it's like what eat six to eight to ten dollars oh it's just like really sad to think that that chickens life is only worth ten bucks like their body and just their death was only worth time I was getting deep but it's just really sad to think about and I guess that's my way of coping with me eating meat again but yeah that's just let's try it okay let's just mmm delicious every culture agrees that that cruelty is wrong you know the taking pleasure in the suffering of others is wrong within the context of your in-group I mean the many cultures think it's good to take pleasure in the in the suffering of people who are not part of your tribe but in terms of you know who you're going to admit into your moral sphere we have some very serviceable intuitions about how we treat the people we accept in our sphere and the challenge for modernity the challenge for civilization is to to extend the sphere of our moral community to include the entire species and even other species I would actually recommend that you guys watching cut back on how much meat you do consume a week especially especially red meat just because cows the whole process of what it takes to beat a cow to serve wires so much energy and resources and grain and food to feed them it really does play an effect on the environment and also their poop in their farts are causing gas is to be put into the air which sounds funny and stupid but it's actually true it is affecting our environment and even if you cut back like once one meal or one day out of your week hey guys a great talk appreciate it very much all right so I might be a bit a topical I'm gonna ask about animal rights I guess Brian is into animal rights a bit so my question is what is it that's true of an animal that if true of a human would justify stabbing them to death for a hamburger every culture agrees that that cruelty is wrong you know the taking pleasure in the suffering of others is wrong and the challenge for modernity the challenge for civilization is to extend the sphere of our moral community to include the entire species and even other species you know why can't we just kill it if we find people who have the characteristics of livestock why can't we treat them exactly like livestock all right so that's sort of a question you just ask well given the nature of what we are as social primates treating people exactly like livestock has a different consequence on us and on a culture and on our capacity to live with one another than treating livestock like livestock you know that's why cannibalism there's there's there's a taboo around cannibalism that makes sense given all of the moving parts it's not a straightforward question of saying well obviously everyone should be vegan right now well I would just and jibba saying don't stab them for the hamburger yeah once guys yes I mean that is one answer but I think it's [Music] evolution
I'm trying my best to you know gain some weight back and eat healthy this is the the easiest and quickest way I know how because being vegan is very difficult constantly bloated dealing with a lot of gut issues you know my health comes first I'm sorry to the chickens that unfortunately I'm eating every time I eat chicken I just feel so bad and I just like take a moment I know some weird but thank the chicken or giving their life it's really sad to think about it because when you buy chicken it's like what eat six to eight to ten dollars oh it's just like really sad to think that that chickens life is only worth ten bucks like their body and just their death was only worth time I was getting deep but it's just really sad to think about and I guess that's my way of coping with me eating meat again but yeah that's just let's try it okay let's just mmm delicious every culture agrees that that cruelty is wrong you know the taking pleasure in the suffering of others is wrong within the context of your in-group I mean the many cultures think it's good to take pleasure in the in the suffering of people who are not part of your tribe but in terms of you know who you're going to admit into your moral sphere we have some very serviceable intuitions about how we treat the people we accept in our sphere and the challenge for modernity the challenge for civilization is to to extend the sphere of our moral community to include the entire species and even other species I would actually recommend that you guys watching cut back on how much meat you do consume a week especially especially red meat just because cows the whole process of what it takes to beat a cow to serve wires so much energy and resources and grain and food to feed them it really does play an effect on the environment and also their poop in their farts are causing gas is to be put into the air which sounds funny and stupid but it's actually true it is affecting our environment and even if you cut back like once one meal or one day out of your week hey guys a great talk appreciate it very much all right so I might be a bit a topical I'm gonna ask about animal rights I guess Brian is into animal rights a bit so my question is what is it that's true of an animal that if true of a human would justify stabbing them to death for a hamburger every culture agrees that that cruelty is wrong you know the taking pleasure in the suffering of others is wrong and the challenge for modernity the challenge for civilization is to extend the sphere of our moral community to include the entire species and even other species you know why can't we just kill it if we find people who have the characteristics of livestock why can't we treat them exactly like livestock all right so that's sort of a question you just ask well given the nature of what we are as social primates treating people exactly like livestock has a different consequence on us and on a culture and on our capacity to live with one another than treating livestock like livestock you know that's why cannibalism there's there's there's a taboo around cannibalism that makes sense given all of the moving parts it's not a straightforward question of saying well obviously everyone should be vegan right now well I would just and jibba saying don't stab them for the hamburger yeah once guys yes I mean that is one answer but I think it's [Music] evolution