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Treating Animals Right : Introducing A New Fairness Approach, Xenia Corali Schneider
Treating Animals Right : Introducing A New Fairness Approach, Xenia Corali Schneider
Honors Theses
The purpose of this thesis, thus, is to provide a convincing account of the proper ethical treatment of animals. I will discuss some of the most popular theoretical frameworks, utilitarianism, Kantianism, and contractarianism, and see how they apply to animals. After explaining and critiquing these theories I will provide an alternative theory for the ethical treatment of animals, which should serve as the basis for our actions and guide our behavior towards animals, especially the eating of meat.
The argument I will be defending is neither abolitionist-granting animals the same rights as human beings and therefore rejecting all institutions involving …