1 / 9

Compassionate living

Compassionate living. Eric Pryzant – 11/15. To spider:. Happy (belated) Birthday!. Lesson plan. Morning routine (Meditation, quiz, discussion, grade printout) Discuss goals of discussion and blogs Elaborate on common themes. Common Themes.

claral
Download Presentation

Compassionate living

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Compassionate living Eric Pryzant – 11/15

  2. To spider: • Happy (belated) Birthday!

  3. Lesson plan • Morning routine (Meditation, quiz, discussion, grade printout) • Discuss goals of discussion and blogs • Elaborate on common themes

  4. Common Themes • How can vegetarianism/animal compassion ideology coexist in a culture that won’t even recognize the rights of its lowest class of humans • Comparison with holocaust, good or bad? • Shock value as a tactic • Animals place in society

  5. Holocaust • Some argue that the malice of the holocaust is irreconcilable with the beneficial intentions of the meat industry • Some argue that the mentality behind the holocaust is identical to the approach society takes towards slaughter • Intentionally controversial – has shock value

  6. Shock Value • Earthlings was intended to abruptly awaken people and shock them into realization • PETA pulling insane stunts only makes the world see them as crazy

  7. Vegetarianism • Vegetarianism is common in Indian culture yet the same culture believes in a caste system, refusing to respect all humans as equal • Motives of a vegetarian

  8. Animals place in society • Is the life of an animal equal to that of a human?

  9. Discussion • Practice empathy, try to understand both sides of the argument • Try to avoid polerization

More Related