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Episode 1: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

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English - October 18, 2020 14:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
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It’s not about where you go, but that you walk away. This podcast examines Ursula K. LeGuin’s thought experiment about what it means to have the happiness of a society depend on the suffering of a child.

You can read the piece (for free) here: https://www.utilitarianism.com/nu/omelas.pdf

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