Essay On Peter Singer

Regarding Gandhi, a spiritual humanist who lived from 1869 to 1948, and Peter Singer, a secular humanist who was born in 1946, spiritual humanists and secular humanists share most of their point of view. However, even if they share the same point of view on most points, their motivation will sometimes be different, but will be the same on other points. The main points that will be discussed to confirm my thesis will be animal care, environment and euthanasia. In order to prove my point, the essay will be divided into three parts. The first part will be about Gandhi’s point of view on animal care, environment and euthanasia, the second part will be about Peter Singer point of view on the same subjects, then the last part will consist of a comparison between Gandhi and Singer regarding their point of view on animal care, environment and euthanasia. Firstly, Gandhi believed that humans had to respect animals. Gandhi started by being a vegan to fulfill his duty of respecting animals. Even if at first, it was because it is common in the Hindu tradition, his motivation changed over the years following his belief that a society can be judged on the way it treated its animals. The less a society hurts …show more content…
His first mobilisation happened in 1909, as he wrote ‘‘Hind Swaraj’’, where he warned India to not follow the western civilization in their industrialization, since there were too many Indians compared to the resources available (Lal). Gandhi also believed that in order to protect and conserve the environment for generations to come, Indians had to live simply, by only fulfilling their needs and set aside their wants (Lal). Gandhi led by example as he chose to live in the simplicity with his family, by giving up on all his possession. He did such in order to end poverty, which was the biggest polluter according to Gandhi, because he believed that by sharing everyone’s needs, poverty would be eradicate