| web link | bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB29839 |
| reference type | Journal Article |
| title | Discerning a Framework for the Treatment of Animals and the Natural World in the Bahá’í Writings : Ethics, Ontology, and Discourse |
| journal | Journal of Bahá'í Studies |
| author | Sabet, Michael |
| Authority control 1 | Michael Sabet |
| authority control | Michael Sabet |
| year | 2022 |
| date | Spring–Summer 2022 |
| issue | 1-2 |
| volume | 32 |
| abstract | Discussions about the proper relationship between humans and animals can easily degenerate into what the Universal House of Justice calls “the all too Common tendencies . . . to delineate sharp dichotomies . . . and engage in intractable debate that obstructs the search for viable solutions” (29 November 2017). This paper fiRst uses an exegetical approach to discern a Bahá’í framework governing the treatment of animals, and our relationship to the natural world more broadly. Next, a self-reflexive examination of the author’s own relationship with animals is used to demonstrate how such a framework can directly inform the individual’s way of being in the world, in a manner that is both faithful to the Bahá’í teachings on the subject, and responsive to differences in individuals' circumstances. Finally, it suggests that by presenting an internally coherent position in which an ethics of Kindness and justice flows from underlying ontological principles, this framework holds promise for transcending the dichotomy between domination-themed narratives that assign purely instrumental value to the natural world, and materialistic narratives that deny any unique status to the human being. |
| language | English |
| keywords | ETHICS; ANIMALS; TREATMENT; MATERIALISM |
| pages | 41–114 |
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