This demonstrates that, based on the latest scientific findings, the cognitive, emotional and social capacities of at least chimps and bonobos entitle them to freedom from imprisonment and abuse.
Steven Wise Books
Steven M. Wise is a legal scholar dedicated to animal rights, both in his academic writing and activist work. His scholarship delves into issues of animal rights and animal intelligence, exploring how these rights might be extended to certain animal species. Through his books and teaching, he seeks to challenge existing legal and ethical frameworks regarding the human-animal relationship. Wise is a pivotal figure in advocating for animal protection, aiming for a fundamental shift in how society perceives and treats nonhuman beings.
In this collection of interviews, Derrick Jensen discusses the destructive dominant culture with ten people who have devoted their lives to undermining it. Whether it is Carolyn Raffensperger and her radical approach to public health, or Thomas Berry on perceiving the sacred; be it Kathleen Dean Moore reminding us that our bodies are made of mountains, rivers, and sunlight; or Vine Deloria asserting that our dreams tell us more about the world than science ever can, the activists and philosophers interviewed in How Shall I Live My Life? each bravely present a few of the endless forms that resistance can and must take.
