https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Are-Plants-Animals-Like-Any-Other https://booksandideas.net/Are-Plants-Animals-Like-Any-Other 2021-04-05T07:00:00Z text/html en Enrique Utria Philosophy nature ethics Institut français animals veganism <p>Through a phenomenology of plant life, the philosopher Florence Burgat reminds us that plants are defined above all by what they do not have: Lacking an intentional consciousness or a lived world, how could they lead the secret life that certain popular books ascribe to them?</p> https://booksandideas.net/Scarlet-Letters https://booksandideas.net/Scarlet-Letters 2019-09-02T07:00:00Z text/html en Nicolas Delon Philosophy environmentalism ethics activism vegetarianism Books and ideas originals emotion veganism meat <p>In 2018 and 2019, a series of attacks by vegan activists struck meat-related businesses in France. Deemed “extreme” and “violent” by butchers, these actions invite us to reflect on the ethics of activism. Is it ever morally permissible to engage in illegal activism? Are tactics such as shaming even effective?</p>