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== Context ==
 
== Context ==

Revision as of 11:10, 2 October 2019


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Introduction

The term animal rights is ordinarily used in a general sense to convey the idea that non-human animals are worthy of a high degree of moral consideration. It can also be used more specifically to refer to a rights-based philosophical approach as opposed to other philosophical frameworks. Additionally, animal rights can refer to a legal concept, but that is outside the scope of this article.

In this article, we use the term in the general sense but in a philosophical context, covering:

  • How animal rights philosophy contextually fits into the overall areas of philosophy
  • The philosophical approaches to animal ethics
  • The major philosophers who shaped the landscape
  • Objections to animal rights philosophy
  • The usefulness of animal rights philosophy in advocacy and outreach

Context

Approaches

Utilitarianism

Rights Based, Deontological

Virtue Ethics

Philosophers

Pythagoras

René Descartes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jeremy Bentham

Arthur Schopenhauer

Richard Ryder

Peter Singer

James Rachels

Tom Regan

Objections to Animal Rights Philosophy

Usefulness for Advocacy and Outreach

See Also

Footnotes


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This article was originally authored by Greg Fuller. The contents may have been edited since that time by others.