... o due saldi molto vicini tra loro e una delle due richiede la trasgressione di un obbligo spe... more ... o due saldi molto vicini tra loro e una delle due richiede la trasgressione di un obbligo speciale, allora è sempre doveroso mandare ad effetto l'azione che adem-pie all ... D. Wiggins, «The Right and the Good» and WD Ross's Critici-sm of Consequentialism, «Utilitas», X, 1998, pp ...
The article is inspired by Shelly Kagan’s recent book “How to Count Animals”, which focuses on th... more The article is inspired by Shelly Kagan’s recent book “How to Count Animals”, which focuses on the alternative between a unitarian and a hierarchical conception of the moral status of beings in the animal ethics debate. The paper finds a way of compromise between the two perspectives in the principle of equal consideration of interests, but above all it lessens the role of such opposition – especially its practical relevance – by emphasizing that, regardless of the fact of conceiving moral status in terms of all or nothing or in gradual terms, what really counts in our attitude towards non-human animals is to assign them an important moral consideration, that protects them not only from suffering, but also from an induced death in advance of natural times, a thesis that is compatible with both unitarianism and a hierarchical approach.
Forthy years after the issue of "Animal Liberation" (1975), this essay tries to make a ... more Forthy years after the issue of "Animal Liberation" (1975), this essay tries to make a critical assessment of the theses of Peter Singer on the moral status of animals, showing their historical evolution. Notwithstanding the limits of his utilitarian theoretical view, a good part of Singer's moral reflection about animals reveals itself convincing and is finding some achievements in the positive legislation of a lot of countries. Following David DeGrazia, the author develops Singer's theses in a gradualist direction, pointing out that the problems of utilitarianism do not compromise the validity of the principle of equal consideration of interests, nor the main practical outcomes that the Australian philosopher draws from it.
In this essay the author, after having distinguished and analyzed four options on the moral statu... more In this essay the author, after having distinguished and analyzed four options on the moral status of animals, argues in favour of the third, for which animals undergo an unjustifiable harm not only from the suffering caused to them by many human practises, but also from a death induced in advance. Finally, he defends the principle of the equal consideration of the interests and suggests that the value of life of sentient beings is directly proportional to their cognitive, emotional and social complexity.
... o due saldi molto vicini tra loro e una delle due richiede la trasgressione di un obbligo spe... more ... o due saldi molto vicini tra loro e una delle due richiede la trasgressione di un obbligo speciale, allora è sempre doveroso mandare ad effetto l'azione che adem-pie all ... D. Wiggins, «The Right and the Good» and WD Ross's Critici-sm of Consequentialism, «Utilitas», X, 1998, pp ...
... o due saldi molto vicini tra loro e una delle due richiede la trasgressione di un obbligo spe... more ... o due saldi molto vicini tra loro e una delle due richiede la trasgressione di un obbligo speciale, allora è sempre doveroso mandare ad effetto l'azione che adem-pie all ... D. Wiggins, «The Right and the Good» and WD Ross's Critici-sm of Consequentialism, «Utilitas», X, 1998, pp ...
The article is inspired by Shelly Kagan’s recent book “How to Count Animals”, which focuses on th... more The article is inspired by Shelly Kagan’s recent book “How to Count Animals”, which focuses on the alternative between a unitarian and a hierarchical conception of the moral status of beings in the animal ethics debate. The paper finds a way of compromise between the two perspectives in the principle of equal consideration of interests, but above all it lessens the role of such opposition – especially its practical relevance – by emphasizing that, regardless of the fact of conceiving moral status in terms of all or nothing or in gradual terms, what really counts in our attitude towards non-human animals is to assign them an important moral consideration, that protects them not only from suffering, but also from an induced death in advance of natural times, a thesis that is compatible with both unitarianism and a hierarchical approach.
Forthy years after the issue of "Animal Liberation" (1975), this essay tries to make a ... more Forthy years after the issue of "Animal Liberation" (1975), this essay tries to make a critical assessment of the theses of Peter Singer on the moral status of animals, showing their historical evolution. Notwithstanding the limits of his utilitarian theoretical view, a good part of Singer's moral reflection about animals reveals itself convincing and is finding some achievements in the positive legislation of a lot of countries. Following David DeGrazia, the author develops Singer's theses in a gradualist direction, pointing out that the problems of utilitarianism do not compromise the validity of the principle of equal consideration of interests, nor the main practical outcomes that the Australian philosopher draws from it.
In this essay the author, after having distinguished and analyzed four options on the moral statu... more In this essay the author, after having distinguished and analyzed four options on the moral status of animals, argues in favour of the third, for which animals undergo an unjustifiable harm not only from the suffering caused to them by many human practises, but also from a death induced in advance. Finally, he defends the principle of the equal consideration of the interests and suggests that the value of life of sentient beings is directly proportional to their cognitive, emotional and social complexity.
... o due saldi molto vicini tra loro e una delle due richiede la trasgressione di un obbligo spe... more ... o due saldi molto vicini tra loro e una delle due richiede la trasgressione di un obbligo speciale, allora è sempre doveroso mandare ad effetto l'azione che adem-pie all ... D. Wiggins, «The Right and the Good» and WD Ross's Critici-sm of Consequentialism, «Utilitas», X, 1998, pp ...
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