Traitement de l'animal dans le taoisme et confucianisme

the useless tree":2qch5gfc a dit:

Confucius clearly considers animals a lower moral order than humans. Indeed, I think he might be uncomfortable with using the term "humane" to describe treatment of animals. Humanity - and by implication humaneness - is an ideal specific to the human realm. It is the highest moral goodness that can come from our human sociability. We do not find our humanity in our relationships with animals.

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