🧩 Philosophy Jun 12, 2026 · G Wood

Honey is Good

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The other day I was watching the magic school bus with my young son; they were learning about bees and honey. One of the characters says, “We shouldn't take the honey, the bees didn't make it for us” and another character replies with “But if we don't take the honey, then I won't have any? I want the honey”.This struck me as close to a “First argument”. Thanks to evolution, an organism wouldn't exist if it didn't want to survive. The first argument is "Survival is Good" and Survival = Calories =

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