“The Narrowing Circle § The Dark Side of the Enlightenment”, Gwern2012-04-24

Modern ethics excludes as many beings as it includes.

Fleming 2013_11ya, The Dark Side of the Enlightenment, offers a useful example of the blinding effects of time & changes in ideology in discussion of Milton’s Paradise Lost (pg27–29):

• Problems
  • Pareidolia
  • Observer Bias
    • Matters of Fact
• Narrowings
  • Religion
    • Religions of Convenience
    • Animals
  • Infanticide
  • Judicial Torture
  • Ancestors
    • Property Rights
  • Descendants
• Conclusion
• External Links
• Appendix
  • The Fukuyama Thesis
  • Islamic Waqfs
  • The Discovery of France
  • The Dark Side of the Enlightenment
  • The Better Angels of Our Nature, Pinker