عنوان

Animal Liberationist Responses to Non-Anthropogenic Animal Suffering

شماره

LA129456

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Animal Liberationist Responses to Non-Anthropogenic Animal Suffering

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Richard Thornhill, Michael Morris, Richard Thornhill, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Animal liberationists generally pay little attention to the suffering of animals in the wild, and it is arguable that this is a significant proportion of the total amount of animal suffering. We examine a range of different responses of animal liberationists to the issue of non-anthropogenic suffering, but find none of them entirely satisfactory. Responses that lead logically to the conclusion that anthropogenic suffering should be eliminated can apply equally logically to the suffering of animals in the wild. On the other hand, the solution of micro-managing habitats to prevent suffering is counter-intuitive, and on closer examination eliminates the intrinsic value of animals' lives. On balance, the approach that we favour is acceptance of the intrinsic value of individual animal lives, extending this from either individual human lives (as accepted predominantly by theists), or from biodiversity, species and ecosystems (as currently accepted by ecocentric philosophies). We also suggest that the combination of animal liberation and environmentalism only really makes sense in the context of a belief in the redeemable qualities of nature, as expressed in quasi-Hindu terms or in terms of some Biblical animal liberationist worldviews. Animal liberationists generally pay little attention to the suffering of animals in the wild, and it is arguable that this is a significant proportion of the total amount of animal suffering. We examine a range of different responses of animal liberationists to the issue of non-anthropogenic suffering, but find none of them entirely satisfactory. Responses that lead logically to the conclusion that anthropogenic suffering should be eliminated can apply equally logically to the suffering of animals in the wild. On the other hand, the solution of micro-managing habitats to prevent suffering is counter-intuitive, and on closer examination eliminates the intrinsic value of animals' lives. On balance, the approach that we favour is acceptance of the intrinsic value of individual animal lives, extending this from either individual human lives (as accepted predominantly by theists), or from biodiversity, species and ecosystems (as currently accepted by ecocentric philosophies). We also suggest that the combination of animal liberation and environmentalism only really makes sense in the context of a belief in the redeemable qualities of nature, as expressed in quasi-Hindu terms or in terms of some Biblical animal liberationist worldviews.

تاريخ نشر

2006

توصيف ظاهري

355-379

عنوان

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

شماره جلد

10/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5357

اصطلاح موضوعی

ANIMAL LIBERATION

اصطلاح موضوعی

ANIMAL RIGHTS

اصطلاح موضوعی

ANIMAL SUFFERING

اصطلاح موضوعی

ANIMALS AND RELIGION

اصطلاح موضوعی

INTRINSIC VALUE

اصطلاح موضوعی

WILD ANIMALS

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Michael Morris

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Richard Thornhill

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/156853506778942077

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y