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Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. and in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.
-Milan Kundera
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Mankind's True Moral Test, Its Fundamental Test

Milan Kundera
Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. and in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.
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