Ole Martin Moen, "The ethics of wild animal suffering" (2016), Etikk I Praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, 10(1), 91-104
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If we imagined that from now on, animals started emitting a red light every time they suffered, then from space, Earth would no longer be a blue planet, but a red and glowing one.
— Ole Martin Moen
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If we imagined that from now on, animals started emitting a red light every time they suffered, then from space, Earth would no longer be a blue planet, but a red and glowing one." in the context of "Ole Martin Moen, "The ethics of wild animal suffering" (2016), Etikk I Praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, 10(1), 91-104" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System, in both diameter and mass. Home to myriad species including humans, it is also referred to as Gaia, Terra, Tellus, the World, the Globe, the Blue Marble or the Blue Planet.
About Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System, in both diameter and mass. Home to myriad species including humans, it is also referred to as Gaia, Terra, Tellus, the World, the Globe, the Blue Marble or the Blue Planet.
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