Nature does not produce categories and dualisms, is always a fluid and continuous succession
these are simplifying we need to orient ourselves in the world but they are an illusion, just a moment and realize that there is no real reason to organize their lives and their thoughts according to these categories
even worse, the great illusion often produces distortions, especially when, with categories and dualisms claim to pigeonhole life, ours and that of others. It 's the way, for example, with which we make ourselves the measure of good or fair
animal and non animal here is an example.
Animalista is good
pets is bad
Like to very well to me it was all so simple but unfortunately it is not.
Why should I ask myself the question? For more choices and personal sensitivities relapse in the first category (the good) in the second (the bad), what's wrong in siding with the absolute right? It 's so easy ...
E 'is comfortable, and, unfortunately, is absolutely useless if the aim is to argue their case and influence the thinking of those who think the Similarly
I have learned in recent years that 'judge' and 'influence' does not get along. Just when you judge someone or something you do inevitably based on your values \u200b\u200band your beliefs. At that moment you play the exact opportunity to influence what that something or someone. In the conviction to defend a principle have set up yet another barrier, the more useful to defend yourself with the robe of the good that it hoped to proceed in the direction.
With this flaw, the rights issue animal becomes an issue for (only) animals.
Not so, or at least I would not be so.
The defense of animal rights must become a theme of civilization, can not and must not remain a shadow of the flag which to proceed with the war.
Then, following a a little more secular approach, I would like to raise some elements which seem to me precisely respond to a principle of civilization to a particular sensitivity.
The extension of rights to someone who continues to look like a minor issue, involved, first of animals, men, women and children.
The absence of rights for the man who is enrolled in slavery is a thing recently and the fact that we can not deprive freedom of a man struck the slave-just as today there is anyone surprised that those who argue that keeping animals in a circus is an abhorrence
Infanticide was in accordance with the greek-roman era, where it was common saying 'expose a deformed or sickly infant to items discarded in the woods because they die'. The awareness of rejection of this practice struck and amazed the people then just as today it is surprising that there is someone who claims that a sick puppy or non-standard can not be deleted.
Children and women were, and in some parts of the world are still at the full disposal of the men heads of families. The abuse was the norm. For example in the Old Testament is written: "If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey even punished, then lead him by the elders of the city. They stoned him to die, so I'll eradicated the evil "
In Italy the honor killing gave rise to pain eased, this tolerance lasted until 1981.
Invariably with fatigue, civilization recognizes the rights progressively weaker, but we are, thankfully, on a path of gradual expansion of consciousness empathy. A location from which you can not go back.
is not only an animal theme. It 's the history of civilization that is going on ...
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