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Philadelphia Ethical Society is a humanist, religious, ethical and educational organization that has contributed to humanistic and progressive casues since 1855, The building is located on historic Rittenhouse Square in downtown Philadelphia. There are regular meetings of the movement in the buliding and it can be rented out for musical events, business meetings or other events.
ETHICAL DILEMMA Should animals be used for entertainment?
As much as I enjoyed the rodeo it did raise a number of questions for me. How much stress does the animal go through?
Unless you are a vegan (not me) how ethical are any of our choices when it comes to animals? Any thoughts? Does having a conscience mean less fun, absolutely, lol.
some to show my indian heritage the dress is also known as a Lehenga
place -maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunny
pose- carisma
Mr. Baillie & Co. store in Rozelle opened in 2017 and is located in a heritage listed property at 1 National Street.
Rozelle, Sydney, Australia (Wednesday 16 May 2018)
This photograph is part of an exhibit of architectural photography.
(Click here for an online version of this exhibition held at the Ethical Society).
project: Ethical Society
architect: Harris Armstrong
date: 1965
location: 9001 Clayton Road, Ladue, Missouri
condition: good condition, somewhat modified
For more on Saint Louis modern architect Harris Armstrong, check my blog architectural ruminations.
Photograph by Andrew Raimist, 2007.
having a swan egg.
Junger Fuchs mit einem Schwanenei.
Ethical tagging:
- The animals live freely in a 3400ha open nature reserve and show little shyness.
- Die Tiere leben frei in einem 3400ha großen, offenen Naturschutzgebiet und zeigen nur wenig Scheu.
Poppy Greenfinger
Green in every respect, currently collaborating with me on my grafted “Homo Erectus Plasticus” project.
TY MYNX FOR THIS MOD. *dies happy*
I love Saints Row and this made my day. ; u ; <3
I still need to work on that hair though... xD
some to show my indian heritage the dress is also known as a Lehenga
place -maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunny
pose- carisma
project: Ethical Society
architect: Harris Armstrong
date: 1965
location: 9001 Clayton Road, Ladue, Missouri
condition: good condition, somewhat modified
For more on Armstrong's life and work, see architectural ruminations.
Photograph copyright © Andrew Raimist October 2005.
Jewelmark butterfly (Sarota sp.) from Cauca Valley, Colombia.
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EE Legend
-Health injury/stress levels (scale 1-10-->☠️)
👣-Translocation
⏳-time in captivity
📷 -in situ
- Manipulated subject
🎨 -Use of cloning or extensive post processing
↺ -Image rotation
Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. If it wasn't for the blue hat, I never would have noticed the person on the sidewalk.
project: Ethical Society
architect: Harris Armstrong
date: 1965
location: 9001 Clayton Road, Ladue, Missouri
condition: good condition, somewhat modified
For more on Armstrong's life and work, see architectural ruminations.
Photograph by Andrew Raimist, 2007.
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Ethical tagging:
- free-living animals.
- wild lebende Tiere.
JE SUIS PARIS
#PrayForParis
#PeaceForParis
A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
Albert Einstein
Quand il nous manquent les paroles; Dieu, prends en ta main la mienne...
When words become useless, let’s just hold hands…
So nimm denn meine Hände und führe mich....
We are robbed of words to convey our sadness, our feelings and have no control over our tears. The Paris terror attacks are claiming souls by the hour, everything is firmly shut down, a three-day national mourning has been declared, and we feel bruised by the sheer amount of information weighing down on us.
Please pray for those many souls who have lost their life when they were just enjoying their last minutes sitting in a café, listening to a concert, or ‘simply’ being at the wrong place at the moment.
We are so sad and need all the courage we can gather to Go On.
Only, when you possess light within, you see it externally. Let us be true friends, let us reach for the hand of our bereaved neighbour and thus touch his heart.
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I'm on the Ethics Committee for the North American Nature Photography Association, promoting ethical and humane practices for wildlife photography. Insect photography is an area often overlooked in the field of ethics because of the diminished way people tend to view these small animals. But they are also living beings, critical to their own ecosystems, and subject to stressors, sometimes significant, because of us. So, with any images I shoot, including insects, I do not stage nor otherwise manipulate animals for the sake of a photo.
Ethical practices include: not refrigerating/freezing insects for photos (a common practice); not staging images by moving insects from their natural perches or habitats; not posing them with other animals, especially their predators. People will sometimes spray insects with formulas like glycerin droplets to create a dew-like effect, but any interference, especially with materials that could potentially harm them physically, should be avoided. (The same and more is true for reptiles and amphibians.)
The important operative: "for the sake of a photo." I don't believe any animal should be harmed or stressed deliberately for the sake of a photo op.
I first saw the silhouette of this grasshopper through pond foliage while I was photographing Pacific chorus frogs. I snapped this just as s/he peered above the leaf.
The animal -- and his/her well-being -- is *always* more important than the photo
Fashion Photography © 2011 Sayan Devaan Leanage
L O N A L I Collection By Lonali Rodrigo
This out fit is made out of 100% hand-loom fabric which are very colorful and vibrant in nature. And its really comfortable to wear as well. Made to the highest ethical fashion standards, Lonali is the winner of 2010 Ethical Fashion Awards.
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This elephant sanctuary prided itself on treating rescued elephants well. They seemed happy and we witnessed no maltreatment.
Larus delawarensis
More gull photos at my website: www.ingridtaylar.com/portfolio-items/gulls
[Photographed from a respectful distance. My full ethics philosophy: www.ingridtaylar.com/ethics/]
project: Ethical Society
architect: Harris Armstrong
date: 1965
location: 9001 Clayton Road, Ladue, Missouri
condition: good condition, somewhat modified
For more on Armstrong's life and work, see architectural ruminations.
This elephant sanctuary prided itself on treating rescued elephants well. They seemed happy and we witnessed no maltreatment.
The Ethical Society of St. Louis was founded in 1886 with Walter Sheldon as its first leader. Sheldon had been selected by Felix Adler, founder of the Ethical Culture Movement in 1877, after working together at the New York Society. The first lectures were delivered at Memorial Hall in the Museum of Fine Arts.1887.[1]
The architect of its distinctive Clayton Road building, completed in 1962, was Harris Armstrong.[2]
The current leader of the Ethical Society of St. Louis is Amy Miller.[3]
in Australia the big milk distributors, like Murray Goldman, and the big supermarkets, like Coles, Woolworths and Aldi, are rising off the local dairy farmers and causing financial difficulties for rural communities.
The challenge is for the shopper find in the forrest of retail deceit and to buy milk from ethical Australian milk distributors such as Norco and Maleny Dairies.
Photograph at Scarborough, Queensland.
[...] No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style [...]
-- Quote by Oscar Wilde (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)
Rome, Italy (May, 2008)
This photo was taken in London's Parliament Square on Monday 20 February 2017 during a protest against the proposed state visit of American president Donald Trump to Britiain.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of the square as British MPs debated president Trump's visit in the House of Commons. They were rallying to demand that the government repudiate his shameful racist, sexist and imperialist policies and revoke his state invitation as a guest of the Queen. Many also expressed the wish that the British government itself should do far more to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers .
1.8 million people have already signed an online petition asking the government to rescind the offer of a state visit. Labour MP Paul Flynn condemned it as “terribly wrong” and the speaker of the British parliament John Bercow had already stated his view that if he was allowed to address parliament we would be effectively endorsing his extremely divisive views on women and Muslims.
In contrast Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan was defiant arguing that Britain should "use all the tools at its disposal to build common ground" with America's extreme right wing president who, if invited on a state visit, would only be the third US president to be so honoured since 1952.
Former Foreign Secretary, William Hague, couldn't understand the fuss. The queen was, he argued in the Daily Telegraph, used to meeting some of the world's bloodiest tyrants, "such as presidents Mobutu of Zaire and Caeucescu of Romania" and seemed to imply there was no need to improve our ethical standards now.
By 6 pm approximately five thousand angry protesters had gathered and the police had to close part of the square to traffic.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". However for the most part people quietly listened to the speakers who included Owen Jones, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Labour MP Naz Shah, the SNP's Carol Monaghan and Shadow home secretary Diane Abbot who told the crowd that Trump
"was supported in his presidential campaign by white supremacists. Even in the first weeks of his presidency, he had had a visceral anti-immigrant line.We hear that he has been invited for state visit. Whatever you think, a state visit is meant to be an honour. I would say that Donald Trump has done nothing to be honoured for."
Owen Jones called for continued solidarity with immigrants and refugees and was optimistic tolerance would win out over bigotry
"The racists and the fascists have been defeated before," he told the crowd, "and we will defeat them again".
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Diversity as an Ethical Value in Universal Diplomacy and Space Exploration by Daniel Arrhakis (2026)
Diversity as an Ethical Value in Universal Diplomacy and Space Exploration
Diversity as a Driver for Coexistence and Universal Peace
The appreciation of diversity is presented as a fundamental principle for peaceful coexistence and the construction of world and universal peace. Within the framework of Rovingian animism, spiritual development is not measured by the ability to dominate the ecosystem, but rather by the aptitude to maintain harmonious relationships within a diverse environment. Thus, the acceptance of diversity is seen as the first step towards peaceful coexistence among individuals and among different peoples.
Diversity: An Essential Diplomatic Competence
The Rovingian animist perspective highlights diversity not only as an ethical value, but also as a crucial diplomatic competence for the future of humanity. By applying the logic of animism—where everything possesses agency and spirit—to space exploration, a model of cosmic ethics is proposed that can avoid the errors of the colonialist past. This model prioritizes integration over conquest, promoting spiritual evolution based on the construction of horizontal relationships.
Universal Ecosystem and Cosmic Diplomacy
In Rovingian animism, the concept of horizontal power replaces the traditional hierarchy of domination with a network of relationships. Earth is perceived as the first circle of an ecosystem that expands into the cosmos. The acceptance of biological and cultural diversity in our own environment is presented as an indispensable condition for success in dialogue with the "truly other" in space, whether near or far.
The Interstellar Rosetta Stone
When encountering other civilizations, the importance of technical language is secondary to the ontological stance. Intrinsic respect, recognizing the "other"—even if not biological or comprehensible—as a subject with rights, becomes essential. Animism teaches us to value the diplomacy of listening, encouraging us to "hear" that which does not speak our language, such as the forest, the river, or the void. This paradigm puts an end to anthropocentrism, suggesting that, to coexist in the universe, humanity must abandon its role as the center of the narrative and become an integral part of the universal fabric.
The First Step: Internal Acceptance of Diversity
Acceptance of universal diversity begins with the pacification of one's own internal differences. Rovingian animism, as a tool for translation, demands a revolution in perception: it is necessary to see the universe as a community of subjects, and not merely as a storehouse of resources. This is the starting point for a cosmic ethic grounded in coexistence and mutual respect.
Transcultural and Exobiological Communication - Sacred Geometries as a Connecting Tool.
Geometry is the basis of mathematics, the only language we presumably share with any advanced intelligence in the universe. Unlike phonetic languages, which depend on human cultural conventions, geometric patterns are based on physical constants and universal laws that govern the structure of matter and energy.
The study of sacred geometry in human multiculturalism reveals recurring patterns that act as the "encrypted memory" of our species. The study of the diversity of these geometries as witnesses to our millennial existence as humanity can provide the tools for communication with other universal extraplanetary cultures.
Geometries as a Connecting Tool
Understanding how different human cultures have encoded knowledge in geometries helps to create translation models for intelligences that operate on distinct scales of perception.
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A Diversidade Como Valor Ético na Diplomacia Universal e Exploração Espacial
A Diversidade Como Motor Para a Coexistência e a Paz Universal
A valorização da diversidade é apresentada como um princípio fundamental para a coexistência pacífica e a construção de uma paz mundial e universal. No âmbito do animismo rovingiano, o desenvolvimento espiritual não é medido pela capacidade de dominar o ecossistema, mas sim pela aptidão em manter relações harmoniosas dentro de um ambiente diverso. Assim, a aceitação da diversidade é vista como o primeiro passo para uma convivência pacífica entre os indivíduos e entre diferentes povos.
Diversidade: Competência Diplomática Essencial
A perspetiva animista rovingiana destaca a diversidade não apenas como um valor ético, mas também como uma competência diplomática crucial para o futuro da humanidade. Ao aplicar a lógica do animismo — onde tudo possui agência e espírito — à exploração espacial, propõe-se um modelo de ética cósmica capaz de evitar os erros do passado colonialista. Este modelo prioriza a integração em vez da conquista, promovendo uma evolução espiritual baseada na construção de relações horizontais.
Ecossistema Universal e Diplomacia Cósmica
No animismo rovingiano, o conceito de poder horizontal substitui a tradicional hierarquia de domínio por uma rede de relações. A Terra é percecionada como o primeiro círculo de um ecossistema que se expande para o cosmos. A aceitação da diversidade biológica e cultural no nosso próprio ambiente é apresentada como condição indispensável para o sucesso no diálogo com o "verdadeiramente outro" no espaço, seja ele próximo ou distante.
A Pedra de Roseta Interestelar
Ao encontrar outras civilizações, a importância da linguagem técnica é secundarizada em relação à postura ontológica. O respeito intrínseco, ao reconhecer o "outro" — mesmo que não seja biológico ou compreensível — como sujeito portador de direitos, torna-se essencial. O animismo ensina a valorizar a diplomacia da escuta, incentivando a "ouvir" aquilo que não fala a nossa língua, como a floresta, o rio ou o vácuo. Este paradigma põe fim ao antropocentrismo, sugerindo que, para coexistir no universo, a humanidade deve abandonar o papel de centro da narrativa e tornar-se parte integrante do tecido universal.
O Primeiro Passo: Aceitação Interna da Diversidade
A aceitação da diversidade universal começa pela pacificação das próprias diferenças internas. O animismo rovingiano, enquanto ferramenta de tradução, exige uma revolução na perceção: é necessário ver o universo como uma comunidade de sujeitos, e não apenas como um armazém de recursos. Este é o ponto de partida para uma ética cósmica fundamentada na coexistência e no respeito mútuo.
Comunicação Transcultural e Exobiológica - As Geometrias Sagradas como Ferramenta de Ligação.
A geometria é a base da matemática, a única linguagem que presumivelmente partilhamos com qualquer inteligência avançada no universo. Diferente de línguas fonéticas, que dependem de convenções culturais humanas, os padrões geométricos baseiam-se em constantes físicas e leis universais que regem a estrutura da matéria e da energia.
O estudo da geometria sagrada no multiculturalismo humano revela padrões recorrentes que atuam como "memória criptografada" da nossa espécie.
O estudo da diversidade destas geometrias enquanto testemunhas da nossa existência milenar enquanto humanidade, podem dar as ferramentas para a comunicação com outras culturas extraplanetárias universais.
As Geometrias como Ferramenta de Ligação
Compreender como diferentes culturas humanas codificaram conhecimento em geometrias ajuda a criar modelos de tradução para inteligências que operam em escalas de perceção distintas.
Another capture-release specimen from the same photoshoot as the earlier parrot snake. Stressed out, this colubrid snake released musk (an oily, putrid odour) from its cloaca in order to make it less appealing, and then curled up into this defensive position.
This subject was one of many subjects collected by a herpetology group working on a photographic field manual of Herps in Ecuador. There were more than 30 different individuals all held in sub-standard conditions over the course of days. Held in plastic and cloth bags, they were stressed out, mishandled, at least one died to my knowledge, and at the end they were released far from where they were caught. Although I wasn't involved in the project, or capture, I still photographed some of the species, and offered my logistical help to them on where they could find other species. It's one of those unfortunate incidents which was an eye-opener for me, and really forced me to look at my own practices and question them, even those small actions or subjects. They may appear small or insignificant, but it speaks to an overall respect for nature, and it can be a slippery slope into poorer and poorer practice. The tacit approval I gave amounted to an endorsement and I consider myself as much to blame as those doing the collecting. These practices are rife within macrophotography, and one should not expect experience, professionalism or status to be an indicator of a person's ethical standards. Always question whether something needs to be done and if it doesn't, don't support it.
Snail-eating snake (Dipsas sp.) from Sani lodge, Ecuador.
EE Legend
- Health injury/stress levels (scale 1-10-->☠️)
👣-Translocation
⏳-time in captivity
📷 - in situ - studio
🎨 - Use of cloning or extensive post processing
project: Ethical Society
architect: Harris Armstrong
date: 1965
location: 9001 Clayton Road, Ladue, Missouri
condition: good condition, somewhat modified
For more on Armstrong's life and work, see architectural ruminations.
I will be giving a talk entitled Architecture of the Sun at the Ethical Society of Saint Louis on Sunday 24 June 2007 at 11am. An exhibition of my architectural photographs will be on display (and available for purchase).
The event will also be a celebration of the Summer Solstice including refreshments, activities, and other surprises.
For more on Saint Louis modern architect Harris Armstrong, check my blog architectural ruminations.
Photograph copyright © Andrew Raimist.
Mr. Baillie & Co. sells only grass-fed beef and lamb; and free-range, pasture-raised pork and poultry.
Rozelle, Sydney, Australia (Wednesday 16 May 2018)
This morning on the ferry to NDSM, this man awoke my inner ethical conflict about candid street photography. Since I started something nibbles at me saying that is it not right to photograph people without them knowing. Of course it's perfectly allowed legally and I keep telling myself that when I'm in doubt. But when this man stared right into the lens I hestitated for at least a tenth of a second before hitting that shutter button. And looking at this particular portrait, I think this man will now represent the doubt in me to continue with the way I work.
project: Ethical Society
architect: Harris Armstrong
date: 1965
location: 9001 Clayton Road, Ladue, Missouri
condition: good condition, somewhat modified
For more on Armstrong's life and work, see architectural ruminations.
Photograph copyright © Andrew Raimist October 2005.
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