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The Universal Ethic

March 12, 2025
The simple yet profound concept of the golden rule transcends cultural and religious boundaries, emphasizing the inherent value of reciprocal altruism in fostering harmonious relationships and a just society.
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A black and white photo of Leslie Cross examining an experimental beaker of plant milk, circa 1956

Veganism Defined (1951)

August 7, 2013
"In a vegan world the creatures would be reintegrated within the balance and sanity of nature as she is in herself. A great and historic wrong, whose effect upon the course of evolution must have been stupendous, would be righted. The idea that his fellow creatures might be used by man for self-interested purposes would be so alien to human thought as to be almost unthinkable."
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What’s in a Word?

July 28, 2012
Instead of a philosophy and way of life that seeks to avoid the exploitation of nonhuman animals, veganism is viewed by many as a fad diet now - and often as one that allows the occasional consumption of products derived from other animals.
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A black and white image of Jay Dinshah at his printing press

Out of the Jungle

October 30, 2012
One of the first of its kind in the United States, H. Jay Dinshah's revolutionary 1967 book invites readers to consider Ahimsa (nonviolence) as the way out of "a jungle worse than any devised by nature."
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A double portrait of Gentle World's founders, then and now

50 Years of Veganism!

March 13, 2020
Back in 1970, Gentle World was not even a dream in the minds of its founders. But these two individuals were beginning to lay its foundation.
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