You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People have inherent dignity and cannot be used and discarded.
- In plain terms
- You cannot use a person and then throw them away like trash.
- What can you take from it?
- Treat people with respect, not as disposable tools.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we stop objectifying others?
- What makes a person disposable?
Another view
It is a moral argument that some systems ignore for profit.
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