Ferrater Mora maintained that «an enemy of animals is another way of being an enemy of human beings», and similarly many famous thinkers from Aquinas to Kant have held that cruelty to animals leads to cruelty to humans. But how precisely are we to understand this connection? This paper reviews the work of Brian Klug, Thomas I. White, Jonathan Edwards, and James Gustafson, and suggests that cruelty to animals should be rightly characterised as a «degradation» arising from multidimensional deficiency: (i) a failure of perception, resulting in (ii) an enfeebled intellect, and (iii) a contracted, shrivelled sensitivity. If true, animal abuse should be taken with greater seriousness by moralists, if only because there is an ineradicable human in...
The growing concern about cruelty in the treatment of animals has been promoted, in large measure, b...
Modern society undoubtedly depends heavily on the utilization of natural resources. In particular, a...
In his famous discussion of the source of our duties concerning animals, the German philosopher Imma...
Ferrater Mora maintained that «an enemy of animals is another way of being an enemy of human beings»...
Ferrater Mora afirmava que ser «un enemic dels animals és una altra manera de ser un enemic dels éss...
Society is looking for new tools and resources to employ in the efforts to combat violence, identify...
A minimum of coherence and moral decency would make people who eat meat have to face the harsh accus...
Psychology had an early relationship with other species, using them in different ways. In the classi...
Chapman & Huffman argue that humans inflict cruelty without apparent concern because of their catego...
Though not often acknowledged openly, killing represents by far the most common form of human intera...
Man\u27s greatest cruelty to animals The Animal Welfare Act of 1970 Cruel killer drug used by some h...
David. E. Cooper’s claim in Animals and Misanthropy is that honest reflection on the ways human bein...
This essay discusses how our traditional ethics may harbor assumptions that place humans in a positi...
Mandatory veterinary reporting of suspected abuse might discourage caregivers from seeking treatment...
Billions of animals are killed every year based on this ethical premise: Animals are lower than huma...
The growing concern about cruelty in the treatment of animals has been promoted, in large measure, b...
Modern society undoubtedly depends heavily on the utilization of natural resources. In particular, a...
In his famous discussion of the source of our duties concerning animals, the German philosopher Imma...
Ferrater Mora maintained that «an enemy of animals is another way of being an enemy of human beings»...
Ferrater Mora afirmava que ser «un enemic dels animals és una altra manera de ser un enemic dels éss...
Society is looking for new tools and resources to employ in the efforts to combat violence, identify...
A minimum of coherence and moral decency would make people who eat meat have to face the harsh accus...
Psychology had an early relationship with other species, using them in different ways. In the classi...
Chapman & Huffman argue that humans inflict cruelty without apparent concern because of their catego...
Though not often acknowledged openly, killing represents by far the most common form of human intera...
Man\u27s greatest cruelty to animals The Animal Welfare Act of 1970 Cruel killer drug used by some h...
David. E. Cooper’s claim in Animals and Misanthropy is that honest reflection on the ways human bein...
This essay discusses how our traditional ethics may harbor assumptions that place humans in a positi...
Mandatory veterinary reporting of suspected abuse might discourage caregivers from seeking treatment...
Billions of animals are killed every year based on this ethical premise: Animals are lower than huma...
The growing concern about cruelty in the treatment of animals has been promoted, in large measure, b...
Modern society undoubtedly depends heavily on the utilization of natural resources. In particular, a...
In his famous discussion of the source of our duties concerning animals, the German philosopher Imma...