Professor Tom Regan, PhD, Philosopher, North Carolina State University, USA
Animal Rights: An Introduction. (Part 1 of 5)
24 May 2006, University of Heidelberg
In his power point presentation, “Animal Rights: An Introduction”, Tom Regan begins by contrasting the fact that many people make a firm distinction between the animals they live with (cats and dogs, for example) and other animals. He explains how it is that Animal Rights Advocates (ARAs) extend the same sense of compassion and respect that they feel for companion animals, on the one hand, to the other animals who routinely are turned into food, clothing, and the like, on the other. Not all ARAs, he explains, arrive at this destination in the same way. In particular, some need to be convinced; some need a logical argument. In his presentation, Dr. Regan accepts this challenge and invites others to consider the main factual and moral questions whose answers inform the conviction that animals have rights.
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Duration : 0:9:51
you talk of chinese …
you talk of chinese eating dogs and cats…but in the US they do something worse and thats killing pigs.
hey i want to say …
hey i want to say thank you for telling me that it make me feel better now but how do we stop science from testing on dogs and cats they used beagle it on youtube they treat them mean look at it
I am 99.9 percent …
I am 99.9 percent sure they don’t – its ‘americanized chinese food’ not really chinesed food. Pet animals are protected by the animal welfare act – unless its for science.
i been trying to …
i been trying to stop chinese from killing dogs or cats i want to know do they cook them in chinese restaurant in the usa i hope not cause i have eaten in there restaurant i never been to chinese
Yes, it should be …
Yes, it should be illegal, what was done to that cat. Just as it should be illegal to do the same (and worse) to cows, pigs, chickens, and all of the other innocent animals that we kill for food in this world. It’s easy to look at a sterile package of meat in a market and forget where it came from. But that steak was paid for in a lifetime of suffering, torture, and misery for the animal it came from. Cows, pigs, and chickens feel pain just like cats and dogs. Choose an animal-free diet!
He is amazing! His …
He is amazing! His speech was simply stunned me! I almost jumped out of my freakin chair at the story about the cat! That’s horrible and i hope they get ARRRESETED for what they did to that poor cat!!!!
Brilliant video.
Brilliant video.
Excellent!! As long …
Excellent!! As long as we humans are the living graves of murdered animals, we will never find peace!
Love you Tom!
good stuff…good …
good stuff…good stuff…
Great!
Great!
Brilliant. Thanks …
Brilliant. Thanks tom.
Brilliant …
Brilliant communicator! Keep it up, Tom.
I agree that legislating the rare practices in favor of animal welfare is necessary.
During their socialization into meat-eaters people develop ways to defend their diet against vegetarians. One of the main arguments is that an animal is a lower form of being for lacking cognitive faculties humans have, and it is merely instrumental in serving people’s needs. Animals are not the “ultimate other” of the Carthesian dichotomy; it is a matter of degree. And because humans are more conscious of their deeds, they should have higher ethical standards to avoid harming other creatures. Regan’s emphasis on the lack of guilty intent in animal behavior must be reminded. Peoples kill while they don’t need to kill, and they learn ignore the guilty feeling that they ought to feel.
(from my recent article Animals as Moral Agents at http://ecofuture.net/osquee/2009/07/01/animals-as-moral-agents/ feed back are more than welcome.)