Content tagged principle

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The near-militant animal rights organisation PETA have announced a $1 million prize for the first to create in vitro chicken that is: (a) indistinguishable … gulfstream/2429

In 1978 the Supreme Court decided that affirmative action is legal because it promotes “diversity.” This argument (which was advanced just one … gulfstream/795

Dr Ivo Pitanguy, one of the world’s best plastic surgeons, thinks plastic surgery is a democratic right: “Plastic surgery can be important … gulfstream/880

Delivering bad news: “There were several ways that I could answer Peter’s question. I could give the bald statistics—that more … gulfstream/947

Michael Ignatieff: “It is impossible to be certain that improving the human rights of 25 million people is worth the cost because no one knows … gulfstream/1086

The Authors Guild (what, no apostrophe?) doesn’t like Amazon’s full text search. “Whether your works should be in the program is hard … gulfstream/1325

”What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?” (Richard Dawkins—boy is that man predictable—says that he can’t prove … gulfstream/1666

Cory Doctorow ranting again, this time about Google Print. I do find it odd that the people who are all for Google Print appear to have no problem … gulfstream/1876

Quotes Collected

... one of the fascinating things about sports, it seems to me, is that when it comes the way we think about professional athletes, we're all liberals … quotes/444

There is a story well known to all students of Joyce, that one day in Zurich, when he was writing Ulysses, he met his friend Frank Budgen in the street … quotes/258

But absolutism is also a great weakness, because it puts you at the mercy of your own logic. Opposition to stem-cell research is the reductio ad absurdum … quotes/171

There is a tacit understanding among English shoppers to the effect that shopping is not an act of spending, but an act of saving. You do not speak of … fox/7