1. The Rights of Animals and Future Generations, by Joel Feinberg
that we ought to be kind to animals, but that
is quite another thing from holding that animals can claim kind
treatment from us as their due. Statutes making cruelty to animals
a crime are now very
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2. Defending Animals by Appeal to Rights, by Donald VanDeVeer
"Do Animals Have a Right to Liberty?" James Rachels seeks to show
that there are certain rights possessed by Animals and that
certain arguments purporting to show that it is not logically
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3. The Post-Darwinian Transition, by David Pearce
Ethics and
Animals : Oxford, Clarendon 1990); and, rather incongruously,
philosopher Peter Carruthers' The Animals Issue . Carruthers
advances the thesis that the mental states of Animals are all
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4. All Animals Are Equal, by Peter Singer
believe, the chief task of philosophy, and it is this task that
makes philosophy a worthwhile activity. Regrettably, philosophy
does not always live up to its historic role. Philosophers are
human
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5. Do Animals Have a Right to Life?, by Tom Regan
Do Animals Have a Right to Life?
by Tom Regan
'The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism'The Canadian Journal of Philosophy , October, 1975
Acrobat version
My argument
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6. The Concept of Beastliness: Philosophy, Ethics and Animal Behavior, by Mary ...
Concept of Beastliness: Philosophy, Ethics and Animal Behavior
by Mary Midgley
Philosophy , vol. 48 (1973), pp. 111-135
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Every age has
its pet contradictions.
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7. Ethics and the New Animal Liberation Movement, by Peter Singer
on
non-human animals would cause less suffering overall, for the
non-human animals would not have the same anticipatory dread. This
does not mean, I hasten to add, that it is all right to experiment
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8. Aping Persons — Pro and Con, by Steve F. Sapontzis
of nonhuman
animals we ordinarily focus on things that these animals can take
an interest in, such as food and exercise. But in addition to
these, there are things that nonhuman animals cannot take an
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9. Ill-gotten Gains, by Tom Regan
from other animals. God, they say, has given us immortal souls.
Our earthly life is not our only life. Beyond the grave there is
eternal life - for some, heaven, for others, hell. Other animals,
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10. Of the Reason of Animals, by David Hume
species of
philosophy. Tis from the resemblance of the external actions of
animals to those we ourselves perform, that we judge their
internal likewise to resemble ours; and the same principle of
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