One Life Manifests Itself In All Creation

The article questions human claims of superiority over animals, noting our own practices of killing for pleasure. It argues that animals feel pain and suffering, unlike plants which lack a central nervous system. The author criticizes the specious argument that plants feel pain to justify eating animals. Advocates for reverence for all life object to arbitrary discrimination against nonhuman lives.

One Life Manifests Itself In All Creation
The article questions human claims of superiority over animals, noting our own practices of killing for pleasure. It argues that animals feel pain and suffering, unlike plants which lack a central nervous system. The author criticizes the specious argument that plants feel pain to justify eating animals. Advocates for reverence for all life object to arbitrary discrimination against nonhuman lives.