Tom Regan (1938–2017)
Auteur de Les droits des animaux
A propos de l'auteur
Tom Regan is professor of philosophy at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Œuvres de Tom Regan
Matters of Life and Death: New Introductory Essays in Moral Philosophy (1980) — Directeur de publication — 87 exemplaires
Animal Sacrifices: Religious Perspectives on the Use of Animals in Science (1703) — Directeur de publication — 23 exemplaires
And Justice for All...: New Introductory Essays in Ethics and Public Policy (Philosophy and Society) (1982) 9 exemplaires
Earthbound: Introductory Essays in Environmental Essays (1990) — Directeur de publication — 8 exemplaires
The Case for Animal Rights: Updated with a New Preface 8 exemplaires
Other Nations: Animals in Modern Literature (2010) — Directeur de publication; Introduction — 3 exemplaires
Animal Sacrifices 1 exemplaire
The Labour group;: A chronological and alphabetical record of the Labour group on the Manchester City Council,… 1 exemplaire
A Better Life And Other Pittsburgh Stories 1 exemplaire
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- Nom canonique
- Regan, Tom
- Nom légal
- Regan, Thomas H.
- Date de naissance
- 1938-11-28
- Date de décès
- 2017-02-17
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- États-Unis
- Professions
- Professeur de philosophie morale à la North Carolina State University (Raleigh)
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Critiques
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- Œuvres
- 31
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 686
- Popularité
- #36,875
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 8
- ISBN
- 70
- Langues
- 7
- Favoris
- 2
Published almost a decade after Peter Singer’s influential Animal Liberation, Tom Regan’s The Case for Animal Rights argues that the preference utilitarianism on which Singer based his argument for the moral value of animals was inadequate in that it could justify the sacrifice of the individual in the name of the greater good. Singer’s book was polemical in its approach, detailing the abuse of animals in medicine, science, and industry. Both Singer and Regan concluded that ethics demands we adopt a vegetarian diet. Regan is more restrained in tone, arguing against the moral status of animals in several major ethical theories, including Kantian deontology, W. D. Ross’s prima facie deontology, and the contractarian views of John Rawls. Ultimately, Regan defends a more radical biocentrism than Singer and the others. Animals, Regan says, deserve moral consideration not because of their utility or ability to suffer but because they are “individuals who have inherent value. . . and are always to be treated in ways that show respect for their independent value, not out of kindness or compassion but as a matter of strict justice.” In other words, the categorical imperative seems to apply to animals as much as it would to human children or people otherwise incapable of acting as moral agents. They are all, he says, “moral patients” whose individual welfare should matter to us. 5 stars.… (plus d'informations)