Animals–Property or Persons? Gary L. Francione Abstract When it comes to our moral and legal obligations to nonhuman animals, we suffer from “moral schizophrenia.” We claim to recognize that animals have morally significant interests in not suffering and that it is morally wrong to inflict “unnec-essary” suffering on animals. · Animals, Property, and the Law (Ethics and Action) by Gary L. Francione. Click here for the lowest price! Hardcover, , · Animal interests will almost always be regarded as less important than human interests, even when the human interest at stake is relatively trivial and the animal interest at stake is significant. The result of any supposed balancing of human and nonhuman interests required by animal-welfare laws is predetermined from the outset by the property status of the nonhuman as a "food animal.
For a discussion of Singer's views, see Francione, Introduction to Animal Rights, pp. ; Francione, Animals as Persons, passim. New welfarism is the subject of my book, Gary L. Francione, Rain Without Thunder: The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement (Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, ). www.doorway.ruone@www.doorway.ru Abolitionistapproach. Facebook. Gary Francione is a published author and frequent guest on radio and television shows for his theory of animal rights, criticism of animal welfare law and the property status of nonhuman animals. He has degrees in philosophy and clerked for U.S. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Animals-Property or Persons? Gary L. Francione Abstract When it comes to our moral and legal obligations to nonhuman animals, we suffer from "moral schizophrenia." We claim to recognize that animals have morally significant interests in not suffering and that it is morally wrong to inflict "unnec-essary" suffering on animals.
This moral concern for the suffering of animals and their legal status is the basis for Gary L. Francione's profound book, which asks, Why has the law failed to protect animals from exploitation? Francione argues that the current legal standard of animal welfare does not and cannot establish fights for animals. As long as they are viewed as property, animals will be subject to suffering for the social and economic benefit of human beings. Animals, Property, and the Law is a comprehensive analysis of our legal system’s institutional inability to protect nonhuman animals. While other publications describe the “black letter” law of animal protection, Francione’s book thoroughly examines the moral theory, actual dynamics, and resultant ineffectiveness of our society’s primary animal protection laws. A prominent and respected philosopher of animal rights law and ethical theory, Gary L. Francione is known for his criticism of animal welfare laws and regulations, his abolitionist theory of animal rights, and his promotion of veganism and nonviolence as the baseline principles of the abolitionist movement.
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