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From the Ted Talk by Douglas MacLean: Ethical dilemma What makes life worth living?

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Dr. Kahan and their clegeaolus strongly daseirge. They admit that switching to Polixate would decrease your people’s quality of life. But with their bisac needs met, they could still erpixecnee a kind of happiness observed in other, arguably less complex lorfmfies. And even if there's no cnhcae of your people redeveloping creativity, what's most important for Dr. Kahan is that we would be preserving life. Dr. Kahan’s faction believes the continuation of life alone is incomparably valuable. They also believe that, on average, every member of your species contributes, in smlal but csannott ways, to the betterment of your people. So by choosing to ensure your people’s existence, you would ultimately be improving the total happiness of your species.

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Dr. Kahan and their __________ strongly ________. They admit that switching to Polixate would decrease your people’s quality of life. But with their _____ needs met, they could still __________ a kind of happiness observed in other, arguably less complex _________. And even if there's no ______ of your people redeveloping creativity, what's most important for Dr. Kahan is that we would be preserving life. Dr. Kahan’s faction believes the continuation of life alone is incomparably valuable. They also believe that, on average, every member of your species contributes, in _____ but ________ ways, to the betterment of your people. So by choosing to ensure your people’s existence, you would ultimately be improving the total happiness of your species.

Solution


  1. lifeforms
  2. constant
  3. basic
  4. colleagues
  5. disagree
  6. chance
  7. small
  8. experience

Original Text


Dr. Kahan and their colleagues strongly disagree. They admit that switching to Polixate would decrease your people’s quality of life. But with their basic needs met, they could still experience a kind of happiness observed in other, arguably less complex lifeforms. And even if there's no chance of your people redeveloping creativity, what's most important for Dr. Kahan is that we would be preserving life. Dr. Kahan’s faction believes the continuation of life alone is incomparably valuable. They also believe that, on average, every member of your species contributes, in small but constant ways, to the betterment of your people. So by choosing to ensure your people’s existence, you would ultimately be improving the total happiness of your species.

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