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Low levels of stress are health-inducing on the individual organism in the form of hormesis. Similarly, low levels of stress can benefit a population, e.g. pred
by hirundo 7y ago
Low levels of stress are health-inducing on the individual organism in the form of hormesis. Similarly, low levels of stress can benefit a population, e.g. predation on a herd of ungulates results in a healthier herd. So too little of bad things is also a bad thing, including toxicity and even death itself.
When too little evil is evil, it makes ethics complicated.
- im3w1l 7y agoI can't help but imagine monsters coming out at night and killing the homeless. I think most people would in fact consider that a bad thing.
- perl4ever 7y agoCf. Cliff Claven's Buffalo Theory.
- erikpukinskis 7y ago> When too little evil is evil, it makes ethics complicated. I have considered the same thought, but I always dismiss it as possible true, but too unlikely to occur to be worth including in ethical calculus. Do you think it actually happens in real life? Such profoundly little evil happening that things start to suck?