Towards a Vegan-Based Ethic: Dismantling Neo-Colonial Hierarchy Through an Ethic of Lovingkindness

ISBN-13: 9781433177972 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 70 str.

Micol Kates

Opis

Vegan ethics represent a shift from the dominant Ego model of human relations represented by a pyramid of power towards an Eco model of human relationships in which all Beings have equal worth and agency.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements - Foreword by Dr. Lisa Micheelsen - Introduction-Towards a Vegan Ethic - Understanding Colonialism, Neo-colonialism and Post-Colonialism and Their Relationship to the Eco and Ego Models - A Brief Definition of the Ego and Eco Models - Shamanic Clowns, Fools and Children: Shifting the Paradigm - Buddhist Lovingkindness as a Path to Veganism - The Ego and Eco Models Further Explained - Why Veganism? How Veganism Can Topple Neo-Colonialism in Theory and Practice - Animals as Food: Farming and Food Production - Factory Farming and the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) - Why Must Animals be the Guinea Pigs in the Name of "Science"? - It's Official-Animals Are Sentient! - The Nazis' Human Holocaust and the Extreme Extermination of Animal Beings at the Hands of 'Science' - Animal Entertainment-Fun or Torture? - Pullman Porters - Circuses and Marine Parks - Final Thoughts - References.

O autorze

Micol Kates received an MA in interdisciplinary studies in 2017 with a focus on veganism and ethnobotany. She is a teacher and tutor in post-secondary institutions. Kates is interested in pursuing work in animal rights and created an on- line petition asking the Canadian government to create an amendment to the Canadian Charter of Rights to give animals rights. The petition received more than 5,000 signatures. Kates is also a visual artist and landscape photographer. Kates is also a visual artist and landscape photographer. See her website at www.micol-kates.wix.com/lanscape-photography.