Paradigm Shift: a Bibliographical Analysis of Recent Literature on Animal Ethics

Abstract

This paper examines how the question of speciesism and the moral consideration of nonhuman animals has been addressed in recent years in the academic world in Spanish speaking countries. It does so by examining the literature on this issue which has been published in Spanish between 2009 and 2014. The paper points out that the attention the issue has received is far from negligible and outlines out the main topics and positions that have been addressed and defended in the literature (which includes general approaches opposing animal exploitation or speciesism, views supporting speciesism and positions in favor of helping animals in nature in opposition to what environmentalist views claim). The paper concludes that research on this topic is likely to receive growing attention in the future.