For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. ~ Nelson Mandela It’s hard to view all the discussion about gay rights and…
Gay Rights
Tag: Speciesism
The fly
As I sat quietly in meditation this morning, a fly began circling my head. While staying focused on the breath, I accepted that my mind was disturbing the fly and not the other way around. But it seemed my little…
The realities of Speciesism
Speciesism is the assigning of different values or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership.”the widespread discrimination that is practised by man against other species … Speciesism is discrimination, and like all discrimination it overlooks or underestimates…