Circles of Compassion: Essays Connecting Issues of Justice

What is the link between compassion for animals, social justice, and harmony in our human world? This book consists of series of essays by internationally recognized authors and activists. These insightful and inspiring essays focus on how seemingly disparate issues of human, animal, and environmental rights are indeed connected.

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Illuminating the connections between injustice to animals and the various forms of social and ecological injustice, these thirty authors provide essential keys to effectively addressing the hidden roots of our dilemmas.

The essays also provide practical guidance about how to make the individual, systemic, and social changes necessary to effectively create a peaceful and just world for all. This landmark book provides a crucial impetus for us to break through our confining delusions, build bridges of understanding, and awaken from the cultural trance of indifference and inequity.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 319 pages

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