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78Animating Rawls’s Original PositionTeaching Philosophy 19 (4): 357-370. 1996.This paper presents a design for a social and political philosophy course for fourth- and fifth-year undergraduates. The theoretical foundation of the courses is based upon Rawls' theory of original position as a starting point to engage with the history of political thought. Students are able to approach problems in the history philosophy through a practical investigation of contemporary structural issues in public policy. The success of the course lies in students’ engagement with an in-class …Read more
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20793Animal Rights and Human Obligations (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 1989.Collection of historical, theoretical and applied articles on the ethical considerations in the treatment of animals by human beings.
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14The Problem of the Trinity in Whitehead's Philosophy of GodModern Schoolman 62 (4): 317-329. 1985.
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32The Question is Not, "Can They Talk?"Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 13 (2): 213-221. 1988.An argument for denying moral rights to nonhuman species is that beliefs, desires, and interests are inherent in the normal human capacity for speech and, since only humans are linguistically capable, only humans can have rights. We argue that linguistics and many conceptual abilities are ontogenetically independent in humans and that various morally relevant mental capacities can exist independently. We also then argue that phylogenetic independence is also possible and hence, that the concept …Read more
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7Just business: new introductory essays in business ethics (edited book)Temple University Press. 1983.
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Ethical Perspectives on the Treatment and Status of AnimalsIn , Macmillan Library Reference, Simon and Schuster. pp. 159-171. 1995.
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The case for animal rightsIn Susan Jean Armstrong & Richard George Botzler (eds.), The Animal Ethics Reader, Routledge. 2003.
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How not to answer moral questionsIn Steven M. Cahn (ed.), Exploring ethics: an introductory anthology, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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3Beyond Prejudice: The Moral Significance of Human and Nonhuman Animals (review)Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 10 79-82. 1997.
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35Nicholas Griffin, "Russell's Idealist Apprenticeship" (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 30 (4): 627. 1992.
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106The Case for Animal RightsUniv of California Press. 2004.More than twenty years after its original publication, _The Case for Animal Rights _is an acknowledged classic of moral philosophy, and its author is recognized as the intellectual leader of the animal rights movement. In a new and fully considered preface, Regan responds to his critics and defends the book's revolutionary position.
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Just Business: New Introductory Essays in Business EthicsJournal of Business Ethics 5 (2): 118-171. 1986.
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Just Business, New Introductory Essays in Business EthicsJournal of Business Ethics 3 (3): 214-226. 1984.
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Earthbound: New Introductory Essays in Environmental EthicsThe Personalist Forum 2 (1): 71-73. 1986.
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8On the Connection Between Environmental Science and Environmental EthicsEnvironmental Ethics 2 (4): 363-367. 1980.I critically assess Don Marietta’s thesis that obligations are not dictates of reason but rather are imbedded in a person’s “world view.” The notion of “a view of the world” is both vague and leads to consequences common to all forms of subjectivism in ethics, since world views can and sometimes do vary from person to person. Marietta cannot avoid these consequences by arguing that some views of the world are “more reasonable” than others, since counting rationality as an appropriate basis for c…Read more
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390The Nature and Possibility of an Environmental EthicEnvironmental Ethics 3 (1): 19-34. 1981.A conception of an environmental ethic is set forth which involves postulating that nonconscious natural objects can have value in their own right, independently of human interests. Two kinds of objection are considered: those that deny the possibility of developing an ethic ofthe environment that accepts this postulate, and those.that deny the necessity of constructing such an ethic. Both types of objection are found wanting. The essay condudes with some tentative remarks regarding the notion o…Read more
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36Animal Rights, Human WrongsEnvironmental Ethics 2 (2): 99-120. 1980.In this essay, I explore the moral foundations of the treatment of animals. Alternative views are critically examined, including the Kantian account, which holds that our duties regarding animals are actually indirect duties to humanity; the cruelty account, which holds that the idea of cruelty explains why it is wrong to treat animals in certain ways; and the utilitarian account, which holds that the value of consequences for all sentient creatures explains our duties to animals. These views ar…Read more
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