tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post8850604490457335048..comments2023-10-30T11:13:44.310-04:00Comments on The Ethical Werewolf ‡ by Neil Sinhababu : I want a competitive friendship with animalsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-7801385046184018462009-03-09T07:37:00.000-04:002009-03-09T07:37:00.000-04:00Yeah, Michael... snakes are among the animals disc...Yeah, Michael... snakes are among the animals discussed in her paper. I think she's overreading a few metaphors from Zarathustra.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-22019562623407583162009-03-01T10:42:00.000-05:002009-03-01T10:42:00.000-05:00We're sure he means nonhuman (or "less interesting...We're sure he means nonhuman (or "less interesting") animals?Michael Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06141593700908475896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-64049061271067024612009-02-25T12:16:00.000-05:002009-02-25T12:16:00.000-05:00That appears to be more or less the idea, Mary. A...That appears to be more or less the idea, Mary. And yeah, I think you're probably going to beat the animals at it most of the time. <BR/><BR/>At other points in the paper, the 'competitive friendship with animals' side comes up independently of the gift-giving. This would be kind of like the thing with the bear.Neil Sinhababuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-16830743152291677292009-02-23T13:58:00.000-05:002009-02-23T13:58:00.000-05:00Lemm contends that gift-giving is an animal virtue...<I>Lemm contends that gift-giving is an animal virtue and that it is in a competitive friendship with animals that there will be an enhancement of life.</I><BR/><BR/>So in this quotation, how am I competing with the animal in gift-giving? Mutually? Like I gave my cat, when I had one, kitty treats and catnip toys and he dropped mauled baby rabbits and birds and whatnot on my doorstep? (I think I won that round). Or am I competing with the animal in gift-giving to others?Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10823325004000574937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345275.post-2068268370707454482009-02-21T12:37:00.000-05:002009-02-21T12:37:00.000-05:00http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20050516.gifhttp://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20050516.gifAidanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164506970522004673noreply@blogger.com