The concept of Immanuel KANT and his decade of enlightenment was to find a center of thinking beyond the common ethnocentrism. There must be a point in every human being, call it moral, which has a better empathy than the surrounding society or even century. If we listen to our inner voice, connected to this moral of empathy, then we’ll notice: there cannot be an inferior human race or an animal.
Arthur Schopenhauer for sure would add dogs and cats, fishes and birds and all the other souls, which share a short time with us on this globe. The goal of a good education is to make such an empathy strong – even against nations or religions if it is necessary. Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote: “Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.”
P.S.:
inspired by an article of “iceman”:
https://icezine.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/le-blogging-du-dimanche-ethnocentrisme-bien-et-mal/
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