User:Brian Tomasik/sandbox/Ethical views on insects
Jainism
[edit]In line with the principle of Ahimsa, Jain monks walk carefully over the ground to ensure they don't step on insects. They sweep their temples very carefully. Some wear muslin cloths over their mouths to avoid accidentally swallowing flies.[1]
todo
[edit]Jainism, Buddhism, biocentrism, Lockwood, do insects feel pain, Albert Schweitzer rescued worms, ...
Jennifer Mather, Christof Koch quote, environ-ethics views
Carruthers, P. (2007). Invertebrate minds: a challenge for ethical theory. The Journal of Ethics 11(3): 275-297
Invertebrate welfare: an overlooked issue http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?pid=S0021-25712013000100004&script=sci_arttext&tlng=p
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Literal meaning of ahimsa". BBC. 11 Sept. 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
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