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„ANMERKUNGEN ÜBER TIERETHIK“
“NOTES ON ANIMAL ETHICS”

Author(s): Gianluigi Segalerba
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Philosophy of Law
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: animal ethics;animal rights;animal law; utilitarianism;speciesism;animal liberation;Tom Regan; Peter Singer; Donald Davidson; Noam Chomsky;Peter Carruthers;Raymond G. Frey;Mark Rowlands;Descartes;

Summary/Abstract: The present essay is the first part of an investigation programme regarding animal ethics. In this analysis, I first introduce the – in my view – central questions concerning animal ethics, that is, whether at least some kinds of animals have a moral status – so that at least some kinds of animals have determined rights –, or whether no kind of animal has a moral status – so that no animals have any rights whatsoever. Connected to these questions is the problem whether men have, or do not have duties towards animals. I then present the main ideas of Tom Regan and of Peter Singer on animal ethics: Both thinkers express the opinion that at least some kinds of animals do have a moral status: therefore, on no account may men use these kinds of animals. I finally describe some positions of Peter Carruthers as one of the strongest opponents of the view that animals may have a moral status.

  • Issue Year: 1/2018
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 114-122
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: German
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