I am a anti-speciesist history teacher, and I wonder what you think about educating children about speciesism in schools? I have myself thought about incorporating into my teaching matters such as changes in attitudes towards animals over time; industrialization of slaughter; animal testing; the (by some) alleged interconnectedness of opression (e.g. domestication of animals - slavery, experimentation on animals - experimentation on humans), etc.
I suspect education about speciesism might generate violent opposition, but on the other hand I feel hypocritical in excluding one form of opression from my teaching whilst working extensively with other forms of opression.
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Hello Peter Singer!
I am a anti-speciesist history teacher, and I wonder what you think about educating children about speciesism in schools? I have myself thought about incorporating into my teaching matters such as changes in attitudes towards animals over time; industrialization of slaughter; animal testing; the (by some) alleged interconnectedness of opression (e.g. domestication of animals - slavery, experimentation on animals - experimentation on humans), etc.
I suspect education about speciesism might generate violent opposition, but on the other hand I feel hypocritical in excluding one form of opression from my teaching whilst working extensively with other forms of opression.
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