Animal rights - Wikipedia
WEBAnimal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth independent of their utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as …
The Moral Status of Animals - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBJul 1, 2003 · Any practice that fails to respect the rights of those animals who have them, e.g., eating animals, hunting animals, experimenting on animals, using animals for entertainment, is wrong, irrespective of human need, context, or culture.
Animalism: a new (thin) ideology? The ideas of animal advocacy parties
WEBJan 28, 2021 · If they articulate a relatively coherent set of ideas organised around core concepts that could qualify as an ideology, why not refer to it as ‘animalism’? Insofar as the parties focus mainly on the relationship between human and other animals, animalism must be a thin ideology.
Animalism: a nascent ideology? Exploring the ideas of animal …
WEBApr 28, 2020 · Theorists like Gary Francione distinguish sharply between on the one hand animal advocates who claim animal rights and want to abolish all exploitation of animals in the long run (abolitionists), and on the other hand those who merely want to improve animal welfare (welfarists).
Harvard professor: Animals are just as important as people
WEBJun 17, 2019 · Animals are sentient beings and some are capable of interacting with us, but on the other hand there they are, on our dinner plates, pulling our wagons, hunted by us, and made to fight with one another for our amusement.
What it means when animals have beliefs - Phys.org
WEBJun 17, 2020 · Dr. Tobias Starzak and Professor Albert Newen from the Institute of Philosophy II at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have proposed four criteria to understand and empirically investigate animal beliefs...
Examining Extremism: Violent Animal Rights Extremists
WEBAug 20, 2021 · Animal rights extremists, a subset of ecoterrorists, aim to end the real or perceived abuse and exploitation of animals through sabotage and violence. This analysis provides an overview of the movement’s history, ideology, organizational structure, and targets and tactics in the United States.
Political ideologies and the moral status of animals
WEBAug 4, 2010 · This challenge has come mainly from within the liberal tradition but thinkers from other ideological traditions--most notably communitarianism, Marxism, conservatism, feminism and ecology--have also sought to argue the case for a …
Animal ‘Outgroups’ And Ideology - Faunalytics
WEBThis research looks at ideology and prejudice to understand why some people look at animals as dangerous, or beneath humans on an ideological level.
WEBAnthropocentrism is a belief system, ideology of human supremacy that advocates privileging humans (and those approximate humanity). Anthropocentrism, as an ideology, functions to tain the centrality and priority of human existence through marginalizing subordinating nonhuman perspectives, interests, and beings.
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