- TIL about Eduard Hartmann who believed that as intelligent beings, we are obligated to find a way to eliminate suffering, permanently and universally. He believed that it is up to humanity to “annihilate” the universe. It is our duty, he wrote, to “cause the whole kosmos to disappear” https://theconversation.com/solve-suffering-by-blowing-up-the-universe-the-dubious-philosophy-of-human-extinction-149331 1091 comments philosophy
- TIL about Eduard von Hartmann a philosopher who believed humans are obligated to find a way to eliminate suffering, permanently and universally. He believed that it is up to humanity to “annihilate” the universe, it is our duty, he wrote, to “cause the whole kosmos to disappear” http://www.theconversation.com/solve-suffering-by-blowing-up-the-universe-the-dubious-philosophy-of-human-extinction-149331 683 comments philosophy
Linking pages
- Hegel is considered the hardest philosopher, but his views aren’t actually that outlandish https://theconversation.com/hegel-is-considered-the-hardest-philosopher-but-his-views-arent-actually-that-outlandish-196066 368 comments
- Stop dissing pessimism — it's part of being human https://theconversation.com/stop-dissing-pessimism-its-part-of-being-human-187726 134 comments
Linked pages
- The Case for Not Being Born | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-case-for-not-being-born 796 comments
- The Abolitionist Project https://www.hedweb.com/abolitionist-project/index.html 432 comments
- VHEMT http://vhemt.org/ 83 comments
- Full article: The world destruction argument https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0020174x.2019.1658631 25 comments
- The Last Messiah | Issue 45 | Philosophy Now https://philosophynow.org/issues/45/The_Last_Messiah 9 comments
- Experience: I campaign for the extinction of the human race | Life and style | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/10/i-campaign-for-the-extinction-of-the-human-race-les-knight 4 comments
- Arthur Schopenhauer (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schopenhauer/ 0 comments
- Essays on Reducing Suffering https://reducing-suffering.org/ 0 comments
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