عنوان

ANIMAL RIGHTS AND THEORIES OF ORIGINS:

شماره

LA129835

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

ANIMAL RIGHTS AND THEORIES OF ORIGINS:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

A PLEA FOR UNITY

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

A useful philosophical case against vivisection influential with the general public rests on the following three premises: (1) animals have interests as conscious beings; (2) it is unethical to cause pain and suffering to conscious beings for trivial reasons; and (3) animal models cannot be extrapolated to human beings, so vivisection is a trivial reason. Darwinian arguments have been used to back up each of the three premises above, and, furthermore it has been asserted by animal liberationists that those who do not hold to the evolutionary paradigm are more likely to support vivisection. Here, we present arguments that show why a belief in Darwinism (or in evolution generally) neither strengthens nor weakens the three anti-vivisectionist premises above. We also argue that there is no evidence to suggest that Darwinists are any less (or more) likely to support vivisection than those who hold views on biological origin that are further from the scientific mainstream. By leaving out arguments on origins, we hope that Darwinists, non-Darwinist evolutionists and creationists of all types can work together to make the world a better place for non-human animals. A useful philosophical case against vivisection influential with the general public rests on the following three premises: (1) animals have interests as conscious beings; (2) it is unethical to cause pain and suffering to conscious beings for trivial reasons; and (3) animal models cannot be extrapolated to human beings, so vivisection is a trivial reason. Darwinian arguments have been used to back up each of the three premises above, and, furthermore it has been asserted by animal liberationists that those who do not hold to the evolutionary paradigm are more likely to support vivisection. Here, we present arguments that show why a belief in Darwinism (or in evolution generally) neither strengthens nor weakens the three anti-vivisectionist premises above. We also argue that there is no evidence to suggest that Darwinists are any less (or more) likely to support vivisection than those who hold views on biological origin that are further from the scientific mainstream. By leaving out arguments on origins, we hope that Darwinists, non-Darwinist evolutionists and creationists of all types can work together to make the world a better place for non-human animals.

تاريخ نشر

2003

توصيف ظاهري

330-347

عنوان

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

شماره جلد

7/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5357

اصطلاح موضوعی

animal rights

اصطلاح موضوعی

creation.

اصطلاح موضوعی

evolution

اصطلاح موضوعی

vivisection

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Michael Morris

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Richard Thornhill

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/156853503322709164

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y