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Why We Need Pain to Feel Happiness
Pain is bad, but is it all bad? Pain killing is a massive industry because we want our lives to be filled with pleasure and free of all pain, but is this approach to pain and happiness really working?
- TEDxStKilda
Meat Paradox: How We Can Love Some Animals and Eat Others
We love our dogs and cats, yet continue to eat pigs, cows and chickens in their hundreds of thousands.
- Voiceless Rethinking: Speciesism
Moral Psychology of Resource Use
How do we think about the moral rights of nonhumans? These nonhumans are often also resources, and this sets up a particular kind of tension.
- Effective Altruism Australia
What We Gain From Pain: Exploring the Benefits of Physical Pain
Traditionally, people have focused on the harmful side of pain. Brock is interested in pain that is moderate, controlled, not overwhelming, and perhaps even rewarding for people.
- The University of Queensland
The Ethics of Happiness
- Big Ideas, Radio National
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Is Being Happy Making Us Sad?
- Counterpoint, Radio National
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