A Buddhist monk and bestselling author turns his attention to our moral obligations regarding animals, concluding that compassion toward all beings, including animals, is an ethical imperative. Includes an examination of the traditional justifications for the exploitation of animals from a scientific and moral point of view that finds them lacking justification.
Largely a scathing description of the treatment of animals in modern society, this book is also a critique of that treatment based in a conservative Christian view of the serious responsibilities that were created for mankind as a result of the biblical grant of “dominion” over the animals.
The author contends that a system of ethics that is based in reason rather than in anthropocentric mythologies must include attention to animals.
A comparative and interdisciplinary collection setting forth how major religious traditions have incorporated animals into their belief systems, myths, rituals, and art.
A collection of essays, primarily for a mainstream audience, considering the ethical implications of dietary reliance on meat and other animal products from contemporary Jewish thinkers. Considers the condition of animals in modern industrial meat production, including production of kosher meat, in light of a religious tradition that emphasizes compassion for all living beings as a component of the moral sustainability of our souls. Includes essays by Dr.