Rights for Animals?

Authors

  • Iñigo de Miguel Beriain

Abstract

The discussion about the animal rights is becoming nowadays one of the most important ones in the fields of philosophy or laws. Authors such us Singer, Regan, or, in the Latin countries,  Riechmann, de Lora, Horta or Mostrerin talk about our moral duty
to recognize to some animals the same rights we recognize to the human beings. The Great Ape Project has been even discussed in some of our Parliaments. However, “traditional” philosophers and lawyers do not seem to have in mind any answers to these challenges. The purpose of this paper is to face this fact, arguing why we are not obligated to consider animal rights.

Author Biography

Iñigo de Miguel Beriain

Investigador en la Cátedra Interuniversitaria
(UPV-EHU/ Universidad de Deusto) de Derecho y Genoma Humano

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Published

2009-09-30

How to Cite

de Miguel Beriain, I. (2009). Rights for Animals?. Dilemata, (1), 15–31. Retrieved from https://dilemata.net/revista/index.php/dilemata/article/view/2

Issue

No. 1 (2009): La consideración moral de los animales no humanos

Section

Debate

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