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Interview with Dr. Melanie Joy

By Melanie Joy — 2017

11:23 min

Incorporating Compassion for Farmed Animals

“The platform on which I stand has been constructed by the tireless animal advocates and activists, the unsung heroes, whose courage and commitment to speak the truth in the face of overwhelming social denial—to demand compassion and justice for all beings.” —Melanie Joy

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Melanie Joy
2013
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A Plea for the Animals: The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings with Compassion

A powerful and wide-ranging indictment of the treatment of animals by humans—and an eloquent plea for animal rights. Every cow just wants to be happy. Every chicken just wants to be free. Every bear, dog, or mouse experiences sorrow and feels pain as intensely as any of us humans do.

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Matthieu Ricard
2017
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The Compassionate Kitchen: Buddhist Practices for Eating with Mindfulness and Gratitude

Every aspect of our daily activities can be a part of spiritual practice if done with compassion—and this compact guide offers wisdom from the Buddhist tradition on how eating mindfully can nourish the mind as well as the body.

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Thubten Chodron
2025
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The Power of Buddhism

If you ignore power, you ignore powerful Buddhist teachings. Pema Khandro Rinpoche says that Buddhism teaches us how to be powerful and compassionate at the same time.

Article
Pema Khandro
2018
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Beyond Good and Evil

It sounds simple, yet it’s more than a technique for resolving conflict. It’s a different way of understanding human motivation and behavior.

Article
D. Killian
2003
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Interview with Marshall Rosenberg: The Traveling Peacemaker

Whether he’s working in a war-torn area or an inner-city slum, Rosenberg’s goal is the same: to teach and encourage compassionate communication.

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Margaret Cullen, Ronna Kabatznick
2004
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Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries about Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion

In the last few decades, a wealth of new information has emerged about who animals are—intelligent, aware, and empathetic. Studies show that animals are astounding beings with intelligence, emotions, intricate communications networks, and myriad abilities.

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Ingrid Newkirk, Gene Stone
2020
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A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice

Fox marries mysticism with social justice, leading the way toward a gentler and more ecological spirituality and an acceptance of our interdependence.

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Matthew Fox
1999
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Be Angry

In the real world, exploitation exists. In the real world, there is a huge and unjust gap between rich and poor.

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The Dalai Lama
2019
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Animal Welfare