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21 votes
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As the Taliban starts restricting men, too, some regret not speaking up sooner
52 votes -
Book review: Dominion
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Morality and BoJack Horseman
13 votes -
Join me on the path to Twilightenment
27 votes -
Iran is about to make its hijab laws even stricter
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Fewer in US say same-sex relations morally acceptable (64% in 2023, down from 71% last year)
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The rich have their own ethics: Effective altruism and the crypto crash
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Help me understand how I feel about a particular style of watch
There's a type of watch that's very popular. It has a clean, clear, design. It's definitely a classic. I have mixed feelings about it because of the origins of the design. The watch is big. I has...
There's a type of watch that's very popular. It has a clean, clear, design. It's definitely a classic. I have mixed feelings about it because of the origins of the design.
The watch is big. I has a black dial with white numbers and index marks. At the 12 o'clock position there's a triangle. There's plenty of lume on the dial. They usually have a leather strap, and that strap often has two rivets.
Sometimes the dial has two index rings, the inner ring has hour markings and the outer ring has minute markings.
IWC makes the most well known example: https://www.iwc.com/en/watch-collections/pilot-watches/iw329301-big-pilots-watch-43.html
There are lots of homages:
https://www.watchshop.com/watches/mens-sekonda-aviator-watch-3347.pdp
https://mwcwatches.com/products/vintage-ww2-style-german-pilots-watch-1
This style of watch is called "B Uhr", or "B Uhren"and you get many results if you use that search term. It's German, and it's an abbreviation for "Beobachtungs-uhren" which means "observation watch".
My problem with the watch is that is that it was specifically designed for the Luftwaffe in WW2.
https://monochrome-watches.com/the-history-of-the-pilot-watch-part-five-b-uhr/
After the war other airforces, including the British RAF, started using very similar watches.
Most watch sellers do not celebrate the Nazi history of the watch. But some do: https://b-uhr.com/en/collection/b-uhr-luftwaffe-flieger-chronograph.html
So, I don't know how I feel about this watch. Can its clean design be appreciated when I know of its Nazi link? Can I separate the creator from the product?
8 votes -
Iran shutting down morality police after two months of protests, official says
10 votes -
Morality in games mechanics
4 votes -
🤔 Emojivism 😀
4 votes -
Envy
15 votes -
Confronting the banality of modern evil
5 votes -
What the problem of moral luck can teach us about lockdown rule-breakers
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What the 'meat paradox' reveals about moral decision making
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How Mengzi came up with something better than the Golden Rule
7 votes -
The Egg
23 votes -
If anyone can see the morally unthinkable online, what then?
5 votes -
Hindsight 2070: We asked fifteen experts, “What do we do now that will be considered unthinkable in fifty years?” Here’s what they told us
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Moral circle expansion: How humanity’s idea of who deserves moral concern has grown — and will keep growing
9 votes -
Did capital punishment create morality?
5 votes -
Do you have a moral duty to leave Facebook?
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Why is it becoming increasingly more wrong to kill animals for food?
Probably in the majority of history people used to hunt, or kill farm animals for food without a second thought. But in the recent years it looks like the public opinion is shifting in a way when...
Probably in the majority of history people used to hunt, or kill farm animals for food without a second thought. But in the recent years it looks like the public opinion is shifting in a way when perception of eating meat is kinda like perception of homophobia or racism. Arguments against eating meat and for preserving farm animal lives are actively upvoted, and with this tendency being non vegetarian is already becoming "uncool" and eventually will be frowned upon, like littering.
Is that because hardcore vegetarians and animal rights activists got their voices spread in social media? Or it's mostly an environmental problem, particularly with large farm animals? Or humans are quickly becoming better, more civilized? If so, why meat eating is such a high priority issue to address when issues of people to people interactions are still far from being solved?
23 votes -
The island that never stops apologising
7 votes -
A growing share of Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral
37 votes -
When should a tech company refuse to build tools for the government?
9 votes