Ethical Challenges Associated with the Protection of Pets in War
We are currently at a crossroads: The underlying issues of speciesism and the anthropocentric bias of law are increasingly contested.
Animal Rights
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Read more: Orcas, Dolphins, and Whales: non-human persons and animal rights Orcas, Dolphins, and Whales: non-human persons and animal rights
With few exceptions, most cultures put homo sapiens at the center or the apex of creation. Humans, it is generally believed, are distinguished from other animals by our self-awareness and our ability to use tools, to think, reason, and construct meaning and representations about life. The Abrahamic religious traditions are most notable in their anthropocentric…
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Read more: Animals are Already Legal Persons: On Steven Wise, the Nonhuman Rights Project, and Misguided Personhood Debates Animals are Already Legal Persons: On Steven Wise, the Nonhuman Rights Project, and Misguided Personhood Debates
The New York Times Magazine has just published an interesting piece on the Nonhuman Rights Project and Steven Wise, whose mission is to change the common law status of at least some nonhuman animals from “mere things” to “legal persons.” (I have previously written on their work here). It is widely agreed, among both advocates and opponents of…