The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion in the only guarantee of morality.
Arthur SchopenhauerAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: February 22, 1788
- Died: September 21, 1860
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