must be met, in the name of convenience, or necessity, or urgency, or because they are momentarily harmless. Our eco-thinking seems, for the most part, horribly analogous to the apparently neutral, non-Nazi represented in Martin Niemöller ’s famous lines. 10 Let’s hope that, just as Parker, Davis, Coltrane, Evans, Shorter et al. were able to summon beauty out of chaos and complexity, so we can create a sustainable world, one where we enjoy rather than ravage its beauty. Most of the essays in this edition were written as extended essays or as Extended Project Qualification dissertations. But I should note that the essays by Taylor Lai and Kenneth Lai on artificial intelligence were entered for this year’s Popper Prize, and that the contributions by Atticus Dewe and Aidan Leung on the ethics of charity were entered for the Erasmus prize (Aidan’s essay was awarded second prize).
I hope you enjoy this thoughtful and provocative collection.
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10 When the Nazis came for the Socialists, I kept quiet; I wasn’t a Socialist etc. Available, in its various versions, at Martin Niemöller: "First they came for the Socialists..." | Holocaust Encyclopedia.
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