Carrol: >Singer's concern with animal rights has a metaphysical origin. It is one of the innumerable manifestations of the lust for certainty that is deeply grounded in the thought of capitalist societies. <
Ian: >The quest/metaphysical lust for certainty is *far older* than capitalism!< Certainly! But capitalism's inherent tendency to disrupt the _status quo_ (even a _status quo_ created by capitalism itself in the past) pushes people to desperately seek certainty more than if the matrix of social relations were static and undisturbed. JD
