Re: [OPE-L] Inter-species slavery

From: Dogan Goecmen (Dogangoecmen@AOL.COM)
Date: Thu Nov 23 2006 - 02:28:47 EST


Just one point I am missing in this debate. The issues concerning humans'
relation to other animals should be articulated in the light of what Marx calls
humanisation of nature - not enslavement. There is a passage in Capital where
 Marx tallks about humans relation to donky. The implication is this: if
humans  would deal with a donky as donky they would degrade themselves to a donky.
 Therefore they must deal with a donky as a human as much as possible. So
Marx's  point is not enslavement but humanisation of organic as well as anorganic
 nature.

Dogan


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