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How Ought We To Live With Nonhuman Animals? Peter Singer’S Answer: Animal Liberation Part Ii, Lesley Mclean
How Ought We To Live With Nonhuman Animals? Peter Singer’S Answer: Animal Liberation Part Ii, Lesley Mclean
Between the Species
In the previous paper I resituated Peter Singer's Animal Liberation within the larger context of the historical development of the animal activist movement. This paper directly follows on from the previous one, but here I take a closer at the book itself, focusing on 'Tools for Research', the second chapter in which Singer discusses animal experimentation particularly. My aim is to draw attention to the tactics adopted by Singer, which given the historical development of the movement, as detailed previously, are indeed activist, and offer some account of why they are morally persuasive.
The Man Who Mistook His Meal For A Hot Dog, H. Peter Steeves
The Man Who Mistook His Meal For A Hot Dog, H. Peter Steeves
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
Fishing For A Sustainable Future, Mary Lyn Stoll
Fishing For A Sustainable Future, Mary Lyn Stoll
Between the Species
As the efficiency and reach of global fishing has grown, overfishing has unwittingly undermined the industry’s future while at the same time depriving poor people of a dietary staple. Several problems that most concern the critics of globalization come into play: undermining the power of governments to protect their environments and citizens, an economic system that robs the poor and future generations of basic necessities, and market developments that undercut long term economic and environmental stability. I examine how creative institutional measures could avert total collapse of ocean ecosystems despite the complexity of enacting marine ethics in a globalized economy. …
The Epistemic Irresponsibility Of The Subjects-Of-A-Life Account, Julia Tanner
The Epistemic Irresponsibility Of The Subjects-Of-A-Life Account, Julia Tanner
Between the Species
In this paper I will argue that Regan’s subjects-of-a-life account is epistemically irresponsible. Firstly, in making so many epistemic claims. Secondly in making the claims themselves.
Review Of Matthew C. Halteman’S Compassionate Eating As Care Of Creation (Humane Society Of The United States, 2008), John Mcateer
Review Of Matthew C. Halteman’S Compassionate Eating As Care Of Creation (Humane Society Of The United States, 2008), John Mcateer
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
Review Of Matthew Calarco's Zoographies: The Question Of The Animal From Heidegger To Derrida, Donald L. Turner
Review Of Matthew Calarco's Zoographies: The Question Of The Animal From Heidegger To Derrida, Donald L. Turner
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
Business, Science And Ethics: A Case Study In The Necessary Evolution Of Methodology, Thomas I. White
Business, Science And Ethics: A Case Study In The Necessary Evolution Of Methodology, Thomas I. White
Between the Species
Alasdair MacIntyre and David DeGrazia have explored the question of how sophisticated dolphins’ cognitive abilities are, and these thinkers have taken positions based on a flawed methodology that either assert or imply that dolphins fall below humans when it comes to cognitive sophistication and moral consideration. Timothy Fort uses MacIntyre’s characterization of dolphins in his discussion of the value of biology to business ethics. He thereby makes inaccurate and unsupportable claims, and perpetuates a stereotype about dolphins grounded in unintentional speciesism—a stereotype that makes certain unethical treatment of dolphins appear defensible. There is currently little discussion about the appropriate methodology …
Genetically Engineering Human-Animal Chimeras And Lives Worth Living, Dennis R. Cooley
Genetically Engineering Human-Animal Chimeras And Lives Worth Living, Dennis R. Cooley
Between the Species
Genetic engineering often generates fear of out of control scientists creating Frankenstein creatures that will terrorize the general populace, especially in the cases of human-animal chimeras. While sometimes an accurate characterization of some researchers, this belief is often the result of repugnance for new technology rather than being rationally justified. To facilitate thoughtful discussion the moral issues raised by human-animal chimeras, ethicists and other stakeholders must develop a rational ethical framework before raw emotion has a chance of becoming the dominating justification for public opinion and policy. Derek Parfit’s work on lives worth living for human beings can provide valuable …
Animal Thoughts On Factory Farms: Michael Leahy, Language And Awareness Of Death, Rebekah Humphreys
Animal Thoughts On Factory Farms: Michael Leahy, Language And Awareness Of Death, Rebekah Humphreys
Between the Species
The idea that language is necessary for thought and emotion is a dominant one in philosophy. Animals have taken the brunt of this idea, since it is widely held that language is exclusively human. Michael Leahy (1991) makes a case against the moral standing of factory-farmed animals based on such ideas. His approach is Wittgensteinian: understanding is a thought process that requires language, which animals do not possess. But he goes further than this and argues that certain factory farming methods do not cause certain sufferings to the animals used, since animals lack full awareness of their circumstances. In particular …
The Ethical Disconnect Of The Circus: Humanity's Acceptance Of Performing Elephants - Author's Note Added 2 Feb 2011, Mike Jaynes
The Ethical Disconnect Of The Circus: Humanity's Acceptance Of Performing Elephants - Author's Note Added 2 Feb 2011, Mike Jaynes
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
Reasonable Humans And Animals: An Argument For Vegetarianism, Nathan Nobis
Reasonable Humans And Animals: An Argument For Vegetarianism, Nathan Nobis
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
The Intentionality Of Plover Cognitive States, Chuck Stieg
The Intentionality Of Plover Cognitive States, Chuck Stieg
Between the Species
This paper attempts to clarify and justify the attribution of mental states to animals by focusing on two different conceptions of intentionality: instrumentalist and realist. I use each of these general views to interpret and discuss the behavior and cognitive states of piping plovers in order to provide a substantive way to frame the question of animal minds. I argue that attributing mental states to plovers is warranted for instrumentalists insofar as it is warranted for similar human behavior. For realists about intentionality, the complexity, adaptability and flexibility of the plovers’ behavior, along with its ability to utilize the content …
Book Review Brian Luke's Brutal: Manhood And The Exploitation Of Animals, Laura Donnellan
Book Review Brian Luke's Brutal: Manhood And The Exploitation Of Animals, Laura Donnellan
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
Review Of Francione's Animals As Persons: Essays On The Abolition Of Animal Exploitation, Joan Schaffner
Review Of Francione's Animals As Persons: Essays On The Abolition Of Animal Exploitation, Joan Schaffner
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
The Pig Roast, Josephine Donovan
Peter Singer’S Hegelianism: The Social Context Of Equality, David Rose
Peter Singer’S Hegelianism: The Social Context Of Equality, David Rose
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
The Social Contract, The Conservative Attitude, And Antibiotics Development, Eli Weber
The Social Contract, The Conservative Attitude, And Antibiotics Development, Eli Weber
Between the Species
The prevalence of antibiotic resistant microbes has led to a call for new antibiotics development. Due to the irresponsible practices of the medical community in prescribing antibiotics, much of the demand for new antibiotics is suspect. I argue that the social contract, which properly includes human relationships with laboratory animals, requires a conservative attitude toward new antibiotics development. This attitude places limits on the justificatory role of demand in determining whether a particular research project meets the conditions for morally justified research, as defined by Rollin’s utilitarian principle.
An Ethical Analysis Of The 3 Rs, Lisa Houde, Claude Dumas
An Ethical Analysis Of The 3 Rs, Lisa Houde, Claude Dumas
Between the Species
Even though the 3Rs (i.e., Replacement, Reduction, Refinement) are widely accepted as ethical standards when evaluating research projects using animals as experimental subjects, the ethical status of the 3Rs still remains to be clarified. The 3Rs were not derived from any ethical theory, but they represented an attempt to increase humanity to animal experimentation and at the same time to improve validity of scientific data (Russell & Burch, 1959). The aim of the present article was to provide an ethical analysis of the 3Rs through Engelhardt's bioethics theory (1998). The analysis revealed the 3Rs fitted to some extent Engelhardt ethical …
Tom Regan On Innocents, Lisa A. Kemmerer
Peter Singer On Expendability, Lisa A. Kemmerer
Peter Singer On Expendability, Lisa A. Kemmerer
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
Without Animals Life Is Not Worth Living, Freya Mathews
Without Animals Life Is Not Worth Living, Freya Mathews
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
On Responsible Knowledge Making And The Moral Standing Of Animals: Questioning What Matters And Why About Animal Minds, Lesley Mclean
On Responsible Knowledge Making And The Moral Standing Of Animals: Questioning What Matters And Why About Animal Minds, Lesley Mclean
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
Nonhuman Chimeras With Human Brain Cells, Eric Sotnak
Nonhuman Chimeras With Human Brain Cells, Eric Sotnak
Between the Species
Many people find the notion of blending humans and nonhumans together to create animals whose brains are composed entirely of human brain cells disturbing. I argue that these moral qualms lack adequate justification. I consider a number of reasons for objecting to the creation of such chimeras and argue that none of these reasons withstand scrutiny. I argue that the only plausible objections to these chimeras would require that they possess morally significant properties that would be lacked by similar, non-chimeric animals, but that there is no good reason to think this would be the case.
The Phenomenology Of Bigfoot, H. Peter Steeves
The Phenomenology Of Bigfoot, H. Peter Steeves
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
Animal Rights: A Historical Anthology, Ed. Andrew Linzey And Paul Barry Clarke, David Corner
Animal Rights: A Historical Anthology, Ed. Andrew Linzey And Paul Barry Clarke, David Corner
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
Mind-Matter For Animals Matters: Science And The Denial Of Animal Consciousness, Estiva Reus, David Olivier
Mind-Matter For Animals Matters: Science And The Denial Of Animal Consciousness, Estiva Reus, David Olivier
Between the Species
Animal people are usually confident that Cartesianism is something of the past and that modern science clearly establishes that animals are sentient beings. But actually the scientific status of sentience is anything but firmly established. Not only is the subjective point of view absent from current science; it is precluded by construction from our fundamental realms of knowledge. Physics — the mother-science once we reject Cartesian dualism — is currently unable to include sentience in its account of the world. A large part of the philosophy of mind describes a mindless mind, from which subjectivity — feeling, qualia — has …
Review Of Gary Steiner’S Anthropocentrism And Its Discontents, Richard Schubert
Review Of Gary Steiner’S Anthropocentrism And Its Discontents, Richard Schubert
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
Is It Okay To Wear My Down Vest?, David Seekell
Is It Okay To Wear My Down Vest?, David Seekell
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
Undermining Indirect Duty Theories, Robert Bass
Undermining Indirect Duty Theories, Robert Bass
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
Does The Bible Endorse Moral Vegetarianism?, Timothy Eves
Does The Bible Endorse Moral Vegetarianism?, Timothy Eves
Between the Species
No abstract provided.