From how we treat animals and the planet to how we treat each other, humanity needs to develop an Ethical Conscience. The Challenge of an Ethical Conscience, or Ethics of Care The definition of Ethical Conscience, Ethics of Care, is one that is a moral construct that defends, maintains and preserves the integrity of Life. It is a concept that involves an inclusive outlook and a compassionate attitude towards the whole web of Life and the environment. We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. We must make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of Compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace. ~Albert Schweitzer   First, one can mention the importance of compassion to establish a truthful Ethical Conscience. Justly, compassion is based on a very precise awareness of our relevance to the totality of the world. Far from being identified with a mere feeling of pity or sympathy, compassion conveys the sincere desire to remedy all forms of suffering that erode humanity and all the creation. As the Dalai Lama points out, compassion relates to the expanding movement of love, which seeks, above all, the well-being of others. This feeling is stronger than self-love and finds no satisfaction while it can identify the presence of suffering. Compassion is an essential element present in various religious traditions. Compassion is known as Karuna in Buddhism, (essential care for the world, empathy); it is ahimsa in Hinduism (Do no hurt); it is Wu-Wei in Taoism (not interfering in the dynamics of nature); it is Rahamin in Jew-Christianity (compassion in the form of Mercy), It is Rahman, and Rahin, (mercy that...

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