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Animal Rights Is A Social Justice Issue, Robert C. Jones
Animal Rights Is A Social Justice Issue, Robert C. Jones
Animal Rights Movement Collection
The literature on social justice, and social justice movements themselves, routinely ignore nonhuman animals as legitimate subjects of social justice. Yet, as with other social justice movements, the contemporary animal liberation movement has as its focus the elimination of institutional and systemic domination and oppression. In this paper, I explicate the philosophical and theoretical foundations of the contemporary animal rights movement, and situate it within the framework of social justice. I argue that those committed to social justice – to minimizing violence, exploitation, domination, objectification, and oppression – are equally obligated to consider the interests of all sentient beings, not …
Animal Liberation -The Modern Revival, Andrew N. Rowan
Animal Liberation -The Modern Revival, Andrew N. Rowan
International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems
People have questioned why there has been such an explosion of interest in animal welfare and animal rights during this period. One fortuitous event was the gathering of a small group of vegetarians at Oxford University at the end of the 1960s.
The Oxford Vegetarians- A Personal Account, Peter Singer
The Oxford Vegetarians- A Personal Account, Peter Singer
International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems
Peter Singer describes his encounters with a small group of vegetarians at Oxford University from 1969 to 1971 and some of the developments launched by those encounters with fellow philosophy students, including Richard Keshen, John Harris, and Roslind and Stanley Godlovitch. Others in Oxford at the time included philosopher Stephen Clark, theologian Andrew Linzey, and psychologist Richard Ryder. Members of the group have produced several landmark publications addressing the moral status of animals, including the initial volume, Animals, Men and Morals (edited by the Godlovitches and John Harris and published in 1971), Singer’s landmark volume, Animal Liberation in 1975, …
Animal Welfare, Rights And 'Liberation', Michael W. Fox
Animal Welfare, Rights And 'Liberation', Michael W. Fox
International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems
A distinction that is more than mere semantics needs to be made between specific philosophical and political trends in the humane movement. The movement's historical basis is founded upon the morality of promoting kindness toward all creatures: reverence for all life. This approach has been strengthened by integrating ecological or eco-ethical principles and the emerging interdisciplinary animal welfare science. Furthermore, the movement has been enriched by the scholarship of moral philosophy, including the limited but valuable concept of animal 'rights.'
A Reply To ''Animal Welfare, Rights And 'Liberation"' By M.W. Fox, Jim Mason
A Reply To ''Animal Welfare, Rights And 'Liberation"' By M.W. Fox, Jim Mason
International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems
A distinction that is more than mere semantics needs to be made between specific philosophical and political trends in the humane movement. The movement's historical basis is founded upon the morality of promoting kindness toward all creatures: reverence for all life. This approach has been strengthened by integrating ecological or eco-ethical principles and the emerging interdisciplinary animal welfare science. Furthermore, the movement has been enriched by the scholarship of moral philosophy, including the limited but valuable concept of animal 'rights.'
Sheep Mulesing And Animal Lib, Nancy Heneson
Sheep Mulesing And Animal Lib, Nancy Heneson
Animal Welfare Collection
The practice of mulesing sheep to prevent blowfly strike has recently come under fire from the Animal Liberation movement in Australia. Although it is only one of the many issues which Animal Lib has raised in its campaign to reform various sectors of the livestock industry, it is particularly illustrative of the kinds of conflicts in world view which arise when animal rights activists turn the spotlight on the farming establishment. Spokesmen for the livestock industries are quick to stress the emotional and sometimes sensational portrayal by Animal Libbers of time-honored animal management practices, as well as the sinister role …