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“Fairness doesn't always mean treating everyone the same.”
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“Veganic gardening is organic gardening that's done with consideration for the animals who may be affected by it.”
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“We're taught from birth to see some animals as friends and other animals as food. Why?”
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“Giving moral consideration to someone means taking into account how they will be affected by our actions.”
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“Those with discriminatory attitudes think about others not as who they are but as what they are not. ”
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“Would you help a deer caught in a leghold trap? Would you help her if her leg were caught by a natural accident?”
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“The way most animals are treated is determined by human preferences rather than by what's best for them.”
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“Other animals feel pleasure, pain, affection, sadness, fear, frustration and anger.”
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“Speciesism is an ideology that makes it seem normal and natural to discriminate against members of other species.”
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Vegan chocolate frosting recipe
1/2 cup cocoa 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate liquor 12 oz. dark chocolate 1 1/2 cup non-dairy milk 1/2 cup full fat coconut milk 14 oz. maple syrup 10 oz. brown rice syrup Heat over low heat and whisk carefully until smooth and uniform. The more patient you are, the better the frosting. 1 cup non-dairy milk [...]
Intro to Veganic Gardening
by J. Muir Veganic gardening is a system of gardening that is done with respect for the sentient beings who are affected by the growing of plants. It is done without chemicals and without animal products, which are typically used in both conventional and organic growing. The methods used allow us to minimize the harm [...]
Discrimination
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Moral consideration
In many situations in which we act we try to make sure our actions don’t harm others, or are actually beneficial to them. This means that we are taking others into account. We consider how they would be affected by our actions. This is moral consideration. Moral consideration has to do both with other individuals [...]
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Discrimination
Those with discriminatory attitudes think about others not as who they are but as what they are not. Many people have prejudices against other individuals. These prejudices lead them to treat those they have prejudices against worse than they would treat other individuals whom they don’t have prejudices against. We recognize these as cases of [...]
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A Class Divided
In 1968, 3rd grade teacher Jane Elliott taught her students about discrimination by dividing them into two groups by eye color. On the first day, the blue eyed students were treated as if they were superior and were encouraged to discriminate against the brown eyed students. On the second day, they switched places. The experiment [...]
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Animals as Resources
An activist on trial in Hawaii for rescuing and releasing dolphins who were in captivity tried to defend himself by claiming that he committed the lesser crime of “stealing” the dolphins in order to prevent the greater crime of animal cruelty. The judge laughed at his defense and pointed out that theft is a felony [...]
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What is speciesism?
The term speciesism was first used in the 1970′s to describe discrimination against nonhuman animals. Many different definitions have been proposed since then. Speciesism is complex, and it can be useful to look at it from different perspectives — psychological, philosophical, and sociological. Discrimination is based on judging others not for who they are but for what they [...]
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