pickIt‘s a confronting and challenging read, especially if you‘re prone to philosophical debates in your own mind. It‘s important to allow time to read Strangers Drowning gradually, and take breaks to think over what you‘ve read before continuing. A must-read for fans of The Good Place! Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/strangers-drowning-larissa-macfarquhar/
🐕 For Betty White‘s 100th birthday, here are some awesome nf rescue books:
🐶 The Lost Dogs by Jim Gorant - the rescue and reform of fighting dogs w/help from Best Friends Animal Society in UT.
🐕 tagged - a man & his wife form Rancho de Chihuahua in NM.
🐶 My Life Among the Underdogs by Tia Torres - Tia founded Villalobos Rescue Center in LA, but the book is about the dogs that became a part of her family.
#BettyWhiteChallenge #DogsOfLitsy
"The majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated altruism—are forced, indeed, so to spoil them. They find themselves surrounded by hideous poverty, by hideous ugliness, by hideous starvation. It is inevitable that they should be strongly moved by all this. The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man‘s intelligence" - Oscar Wilde
#oscarwilde #man #emotion #intelligence #altruism
Perfect reading right now. I believe we are ultimately altruistic and loving if we‘d just remember. Love Alfie Kohn. If you work with children I recommend his books. #bright #BoundTogetherJune
This is a dog me and my dad saved. We are the concerned citizen mentioned. My dads response when i showed him was we should have went to see him. We couldn't give him a home but very likely saved his life. My dad had seen him once 5 days before the day we called and didn't see him again. We checked on him and made the decision to call because of his head wound and the temperatures. I've never had a beagle but he will make someone a great dog.
"Most effective altruists are not saints but ordinary people like you and me, so very few effective altruists claim to live a fully ethical life. Most of them are somewhere on the continuum between a minimally acceptable ethical life and a fully ethical life." Peter Singer, The most good you can do
“It keeps people honest. It‘s altruistic to punish people. ... we help each other out when we can, which makes us feel good. We also act mean when we need to, which also makes us feel good or at least better.”
They‘ve been getting it wrong for 2000 years. I‘ve heard mean spirited people say Christians are less evolved, maybe that person was right (still doesn‘t mean you have to say that to people).
#billnye #undeniable #altruism
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