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Equality and Similarity to Humans

Paola Cavalieri, co-editor with Peter Singer of The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity, wrote an essay about the recent shooting of a chimpanzee, Johnny, a chimpanzee in his 40s, at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, north of London. According to Cavalieri, Johnny was shot because he was described by zookeepers as “‘a bit of a […]

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Theorie der Tierrechte

Diavorführung | Deutsch PDF | Deutsch Professor Francione hat eine Theorie der Tierrechte entwickelt, die sich ausschließlich auf die Empfindungsfähigkeit von nichtmenschlichen Tieren stützt und die Abschaffung (Abolition) der Tierausbeutung, nicht lediglich ihre Regulierung, verlangt. Prof. Franciones Theorie, entwickelt in seinem Buch Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? (Temple University Press, 2000), […]

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Some Thoughts on Vegan Education

I am going to try to tackle in a preliminary way a subject that generates a fair amount of controversy and about which I get quite a bit of email. The subject, broadly speaking, is how vegans should relate to omnivores given that ethical vegans regard the use of animals as involving serious violations of […]

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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

These words, written by philosopher George Santayana, seem to resonate with particular relevance these days, as we see a world engulfed in violence. But Santayana also has something important to say to the animal movement. Most of the large new welfarist animal organizations, both in the United States and Great Britain, claim to endorse veganism […]

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La théorie des droits des animaux

Diaporama | Français PDF | Français Le professeur Francione a développé une théorie des droits des animaux qui repose strictement sur le critère de la sensibilité des nonhumains et qui requiert l’abolition de l’exploitation animale et non pas sa simple réglementation. La théorie du professeur Francione, qui est développée plus en détails dans Introduction to […]

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Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation

Gary L. Francione Columbia University Press, 2008 Purchase: DealOz Books | Columbia University Press 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 […]

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Books

Why Veganism Matters: The Moral Value of Animals Gary L. Francione Purchase: Amazon.com (paperback) | Amazon.com (ebook) | Columbia University Press Most people care about animals, but only a tiny fraction are vegan. The rest often think of veganism as an extreme position. They certainly do not believe that they have a moral obligation to […]

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Video

Jainism, Animal Rights, and Veganism Prof. Gary L. Francione gives the Fourth Mahavir Nirvan Lecture on Applied Jain Ethics at Florida International University, October 24, 2016: “Jainism, Animal Rights, and Veganism” Prof. Francione is introduced at 21:45 in the video. International Jain Bioethics Conference 2012 Professor Gary L. Francione on Jainism and Vivisection International Jain […]

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My Response to Johanna

Last week, I received an email from a person whom I will identify, with her permission, only as Johanna. Johanna wrote, in part: You argue that we ought to put all our time and energy in trying to persuade people to become vegans. I think that is a wonderful idea but what about all of […]