SpaceweaverTue, May 13, 2008 Respect to other species starts with being mindful to their existence as beings.
I do not think all species deserve the same measure of respect. A bacteria, a worm, a dog, a human, show different capacities of interactivity, intelligence and perhaps experience. Not all life forms are born equal.
I think respecting something, another individual or another animal, is first and foremost an important perhaps the most important way of self description. What we respect and how we respect (i.e. the behaviors that are chosen as manifest of respect), reflect who we are.
To respect to other species one should leave behind an anthropocentric perspective on life, and approach an interconnected interactive view of all life.
Respect to other species starts with being mindful to their existence as beings.
I do not think all species deserve the same measure of respect. A bacteria, a worm, a dog, a human, show different capacities of interactivity, intelligence and perhaps experience. Not all life forms are born equal.
I think respecting something, another individual or another animal, is first and foremost an important perhaps the most important way of self description. What we respect and how we respect (i.e. the behaviors that are chosen as manifest of respect), reflect who we are.
To respect to other species one should leave behind an anthropocentric perspective on life, and approach an interconnected interactive view of all life.