I've posted photos with quotes like these before, but it never stops hitting home. A great part of morals and ethics is compassionate treatment of others. This certainly includes compassion towards animals. Few people will dispute that Gandhi was a great ethical teacher, specifically in the area of basic human rights. If he's right about one thing, what's to say he isn't right about another? When you look at nations in the past that were infamous for their treatment of the common people, were people the only ones poorly treated? No. If they're going to abuse their fellow humans, leaders often allow poor treatment of animals. Even in the present, the most highly civilized areas have implemented humane regulations for animal treatment and slaughter. While ideally, the consumption of animals for food would be eradicated, at least reducing the amount that animals suffer makes nations morally praiseworthy.
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