Tom Regan
Tom Regan- „The Case for Animal Rights“Although the animal rights-movement was originally started by Peter Singer, it was Tom Regan who came up with the most uncompromising ideas and gave the movement its name. In his book, which came out under the University of California Press in 1983, Regan argues that humans and animals have equal inherent rights. However, before explaining his own philosophy, he explains four other theories that exist about animal rights. These four theories are those of indirect duty, contractarianism, kindness/cruelty and utilitarianism. After having elaborated on these theories, he explains the fallacies of these theories with regard to animal rights. The first theory Regan deals with is that of indirect duty. In this theory, we have no direct duties towards animals, we do not owe them anything and we cannot inflict injustice upon them. Animals are only owed consideration to the extent that actions toward them have an effect on the people who care for them He illustrates the falsity of this theory with an example: your neighbour kicks his dog, yet according to the previous assumption this is not wrong, as the owner of the dog is not harmed emotionally or physically. This system has two basic flaws:
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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