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274Meaning in the lives of humans and other animalsPhilosophical Studies 175 (2): 317-338. 2018.This paper argues that contemporary philosophical literature on meaning in life has important implications for the debate about our obligations to non-human animals. If animal lives can be meaningful, then practices including factory farming and animal research might be morally worse than ethicists have thought. We argue for two theses about meaning in life: that the best account of meaningful lives must take intentional action to be necessary for meaning—an individual’s life has meaning if and …Read more
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
UFR de Philosophie
Alumnus, 2014
APA Eastern Division
Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Animal Ethics |
Environmental Ethics |
Moral Status of Animals |
Agency |