In Memory of Tom Regan

Regan's challenge to give moral and legal recognition to animals seemed extreme to many people. It implies that the nonhuman animals are totally equal to the human animals, which is why many considered extreme the position of Regan. Regan's challenge continues today: if it is difficult to...

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Autores principales:	Robert T. Hall, J. Salvador Arellano, Ana Cristina Ramírez Barreto
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Publicado:	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dret 2017
Materias:	Animal culture SF1-1100 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f684cf75a35247b0af109455b6ea34522021-11-27T08:46:33ZIn Memory of Tom Regan10.5565/rev/da.272462-7518https://doaj.org/article/f684cf75a35247b0af109455b6ea34522017-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/da/article/view/27https://doaj.org/toc/2462-7518Regan's challenge to give moral and legal recognition to animals seemed extreme to many people. It implies that the nonhuman animals are totally equal to the human animals, which is why many considered extreme the position of Regan. Regan's challenge continues today: if it is difficult to consider non-human animals as people before the law, what status should we attribute to them? Both bioethicists and legal philosophers continue to struggle with this problem. The most common solution is that we must recognize animals as sentient or sensitive beings, although no one knows exactly what the implications of this new category are. On the other hand, some philosophers have suggested that the issue of our obligations to animals is a political relationship and that we have to consider several categories of relationship depending on the history and cultural context of our relationships with them.Robert T. HallJ. Salvador ArellanoAna Cristina Ramírez BarretoUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de DretarticleAnimal cultureSF1-1100Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720ENESDerecho Animal, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2017)
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description	Regan's challenge to give moral and legal recognition to animals seemed extreme to many people. It implies that the nonhuman animals are totally equal to the human animals, which is why many considered extreme the position of Regan. Regan's challenge continues today: if it is difficult to consider non-human animals as people before the law, what status should we attribute to them? Both bioethicists and legal philosophers continue to struggle with this problem. The most common solution is that we must recognize animals as sentient or sensitive beings, although no one knows exactly what the implications of this new category are. On the other hand, some philosophers have suggested that the issue of our obligations to animals is a political relationship and that we have to consider several categories of relationship depending on the history and cultural context of our relationships with them.
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In Memory of Tom Regan

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