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Actually, just for fun it's interesting (to me at least - feel free to tell me to can it!) to see if we can make the argument either way based on the major ethical frameworks. I think this really does show how these provide a clear language to express differences:
I think many in favour of...
Off topic I know, but meta-ethics is one of my hobbies so it's fun for me to think about these things 😁
The point of utilitarianism, and consequentialism more generally, is that it is [supposed to be] neutral with regard to point-of-view. The method is to maximise "utility" across the entire...
Utilitarianism would suggest exactly that. Deontology and virtue ethics you could argue either way.
[I have no real view of snoring in Albergues ... but it always very difficult to rely on meta-ethics to rule any given social more in or out of bounds]
Thanks - yep, makes sense. Bit of an aside, but for curiosity's sake - presumably that starts within 200km radius of Santiago (rather than the last 200km of your journey)? This could apply to me as (for not very interesting logistic reasons) I'll probably bypass Santiago to the north, ride down...
Brilliant, thanks for all the replies - I had no idea Potes was on the Lebaniego/Vadiniense camino, that's very useful information. Looks like it's worth a try getting at least one a day.
Ah, I'm a bit of a veteran camping bike tourer - have crossed Austria, the Czech republic and Sweden like...
I plan to cycle a bit of an unconventional route, from Santander but cutting south through the Picos de Europa mountains (I'm a glutton for punishment), and only partially overlapping with the Camino Primitivo/Norte. I'll be camping most of the time and will carry all my stuff with me...
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