Absolutely. And I further submit that if we’re to think of ourselves as an intelligent, enlightened, civilized, and technological species, moving beyond our predatory instinct is one of the first prerequisites. Only once we completely stop exploiting animals can we in good faith say we’re actually materially better than any other animal species.
What’s the first thing we claim sets us apart from every other animal? Oh right, how humans aren’t beholden to natural instincts and have advanced beyond mindless killing machines. We say while buying another hamburger because we can’t even get past the primal urge to keep eating animal meat as soon as we taste it because that urge literally evolved in a time where the only choices were to hunt or starve. With all our technology you’d think we’d embrace more efficient ways of nutrient delivery.
You’re right, and furthering the cause against exploitation of humans will help those values to be applied to animals as well. Both are exploitation and come from similar motives and perceived hierarchy. I’d say that a society that has completely ended exploitation of humans will most likely be one that has also ended exploitation of animals because the values that drive the former will also drive the latter. There are very few cases where it’s human lives OR animal lives.
Absolutely. And I further submit that if we’re to think of ourselves as an intelligent, enlightened, civilized, and technological species, moving beyond our predatory instinct is one of the first prerequisites. Only once we completely stop exploiting animals can we in good faith say we’re actually materially better than any other animal species.
What’s the first thing we claim sets us apart from every other animal? Oh right, how humans aren’t beholden to natural instincts and have advanced beyond mindless killing machines. We say while buying another hamburger because we can’t even get past the primal urge to keep eating animal meat as soon as we taste it because that urge literally evolved in a time where the only choices were to hunt or starve. With all our technology you’d think we’d embrace more efficient ways of nutrient delivery.
Step 1: stop the exploitation of other humans. This is gonna probably be the biggest roadblock not gonna lie.
You’re right, and furthering the cause against exploitation of humans will help those values to be applied to animals as well. Both are exploitation and come from similar motives and perceived hierarchy. I’d say that a society that has completely ended exploitation of humans will most likely be one that has also ended exploitation of animals because the values that drive the former will also drive the latter. There are very few cases where it’s human lives OR animal lives.
Before we can tackle the exploitation of minorities, we need to completely end the exploitation of white people
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