Crueldade consentida – Crítica à razão antropocêntrica

Despite the fact that the Brazilian Constitution is against animal violence, protectingthe fauna integrity, actually it does not work. However, our law system allows cruel acts andaccepts the violence done by those who consider themselves rational and superior. Just watchthe evil reality at the streets, public shows (circus) and farms, where the animals suffer andare exploited to their limits. Also watch the pain of the animals that are part of an industrialproduction, the horror at the slaughter houses and the scientific experiments laboratories. Itmeans that we have a contradiction.Blind and cold, we live in a world that lacks justice. The cycle of the human life is limitedto personal ambitions, selfish actions and superfluous pleasures. There’s no space tocompassion. Under this anthropocentric view, the nature of the animals is no more importantand becomes economic or environmental resources. Our system, by rejecting the essence ofeach living being, defends the fauna only for the purpose the human interests. The animalsare treated like merchandise, resources or consumption goods and the law denies them theright to be sensitive. It must be changed, there can be no more silent before so much oppression.For many centuries the human being has been dominating, torturing, killing and exterminatingother species, because of economic, commercial, cultural and gastronomic interests or justsadism. The history shows that our relationship with the animals is marked by fanatism,supersticions, ignorance and indifference. It’s a Ministério Público function, as a socialtransforming agent, to fight against this situation. We must admit the animals presence inthe sphere of the human moralities, allowing them to have rights. The question is not only ofthe law, but philosophic. It’s primordial that we review our teaching methods, searching fora formula to respect the essence of animal life no matter what it is. Without a doubt, thisway is far from the anthropocentrism