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Dominion: Comments and Discussion
Comments by Ruth Eisenbud - 13 Mar 2010

The following was sent to me by a colleague who supports my work to deconstruct dominion.

This is how dominion is used to terrorize, torture, harm and slaughter animals...How would you reply to this interpretation of dominion, or do you agree with it?

Jacob Laksin who is interviewing Smith in this piece ...

Sample:

Wesley Smith: The West is founded on a Judeo-Christian moral ethic, which holds that human welfare is central and that humans and animals are not of equal worth. The animal rights movement tears at the heart of that. It’s a movement that is not based on rationality; there is a very strong anti-human element. For animal rightists, being human is not special. They don’t believe in human exceptionalism. They see us as an evil species, as killers and the causers of suffering. The misanthrope is so thick you could cut it with a knife.

Ruth