Selfishness

A strange, sudden kind of collapse in our existing cultural norms, might take place — as veganism realigns our selfish goals with our moral beliefs — Our moral beliefs and selfish goals seem to have become features of a corporate landscape, incomprehensibly vast, difficult to grasp in scale. And when we look at the enormous sameness of our cultural norms, the variables that can be changed seem to be muzzled by larger forces. …

Whether or not our moral beliefs are manifested in our verbal discourse or behavior, hinges on their potency, and the competing potency of selfish goals which oppose them — Moral beliefs capture our attention fleetingly, not so much an advisory council to our daily rituals, rather, a quick skivvy of tomorrow’s front pages, a symbolic interval to our perpetual foraging, or a token half-time Super Bowl singalong.

Karma is synonymous with the idea that what a person does today will have a ripple effect in the future. This is a concept that we learn as children, and it’s a guiding force in many religions. But what happens when a person’s actions come back to bite them in…

Break down the mirror that makes you look only at yourself. You will see a world that is in a desperate need of repair, help and protection. You will see the nature crumbling before our eyes due to our own silly actions. You will see so many living beings that…

When people ask if I have kids, I answer without a thought. I don’t wonder why they asked or fear they will judge me based on my answer, but after reading a number of articles written by other women without children here on Medium, I have come to recognize this…