Greater good revisited

I suppose I’m arguing that to ignore animal issues is dangerous. In body terms it’s like being passive about an illness until the virus takes over and causes death. We do live in a predatory world, where learning takes place at the cutting edge of survival. But some humans think they are beyond this. They think we can grow sufficiently in a cushy, consumer-istic atmosphere. If we want our society to be a strong force for good on the planet then we have to personally set the standards we want to see. We have to let our enthusiasm for the greater good move freely with the other great forces of altruism and optimism