Why do most humans fail to see the conscious, sentient dimension within all non-human animals? {to be sentient means to be ‘aware,’ to be able to experience and respond to sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell, pain, pleasure, love, affection, heat, cold, fear, etc.} Why is the suffering of non-human animals unimportant and irrelevant to most of humanity? Be specific.

THIS IS AN ECOFEMINISM CLASS

In your final exam essay, I will be looking for:
your response to each specific prompt below
the clarity and organization of your ideas; grammar, punctuation and spelling
the ways you try to integrate your specific disciplinary perspectives in your answer
Prompts:
1.Westerners and other people from different nations of the world often think of animals, forests, water, air, land and all of the rest of nature as just raw material, objective matter that exists solely for human purposes, self-enrichment, abuse/misuse, and exploitation. What has been the global impact of this way of thinking? Why is it urgent that humans from every continent re-think and change their relationship to animals, forests, water, air, land and all of the rest of nature? Be specific.
2. Why do most humans fail to see the conscious, sentient dimension within all non-human animals? {to be sentient means to be ‘aware,’ to be able to experience and respond to sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell, pain, pleasure, love, affection, heat, cold, fear, etc.} Why is the suffering of non-human animals unimportant and irrelevant to most of humanity? Be specific.
3. Finally, what are the most important ideas you learned from this course that may inspire you to make changes in your thoughts, behaviors or habits in order to become more ethically responsive to the crises of environmental racism, global warming, deforestation, lack of clean air and water, and animal suffering? What are some things we can do as individuals — and what can global nations do — to make a difference? Be specific.

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