Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bernard E. Rollin (Fort Collins, CO), University Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University, is also a professor of philosophy, professor of biomedical sciences, professor of animal sciences, and university bioethicist at the same institution. Rollins is the author of fourteen books and over three hundred articles and is the principal architect of 1985 federal legislation dealing with the welfare of experimental animals.

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ANIMAL RIGHTS & HUMAN MORALITY

Prometheus Books

Contents

Preface to the Third Edition...................................................................15Original Preface to the Second Edition.........................................................21Updated Preface to the First Edition...........................................................271. MORAL THEORY AND ANIMALSIntroduction...................................................................................33Moral Intuitions and Moral Theory..............................................................35Finding a Fulcrum-The Need for an Ideal........................................................37Constructing an Ideal for Animals..............................................................40Having a Soul..................................................................................44Relevant Differences...........................................................................45Human Dominion.................................................................................46Duties toward Animals as Duties toward Humans..................................................48Reason, Language, and Moral Concern............................................................49Social Contract Theories.......................................................................51Kant's Theory of Reason........................................................................57Kant's Ethic...................................................................................58Humans as "Ends in Themselves".................................................................59Animals as Means...............................................................................60Language and Reason............................................................................61The Ordinary Notion of Rationality.............................................................65Do Animals Behave Rationally?..................................................................66Are Only Humans "Language-Rational"?-Do Animals Use Concepts?..................................67Animals and Human Language.....................................................................71Moral Concern and Nonrational Humans...........................................................71Our Concern for Nonrational Human Interests....................................................73The Moral Relevance of Pleasure and Pain.......................................................74Scientific Ideology and the Denial of Animal Pain and Consciousness............................76A Critique of Scientific Ideology..............................................................84Variability of Pain Experience in Humans and Animals...........................................91Interest in Survival and Freedom...............................................................94Moral Concern and Creatures with Interests.....................................................95Interests, Language, and Natural Signs.........................................................96Life and Awareness as the Source of Interests: The Telos of Living Things......................99Interests and Awareness........................................................................101Moral Theory and Our Worldview.................................................................105Do Animals Have "Moral Rights"?................................................................108The Right to Moral Concern.....................................................................109The Right to Life..............................................................................110The Violation of Rights........................................................................114Animals as Ends in Themselves..................................................................116Specific Rights and Animals Nature.............................................................117Telos and Ethology.............................................................................120Telos and Genetic Engineering..................................................................124Where Do You Draw the Line?....................................................................129How Do We Deal with Competing Interests?.......................................................130Must We Police Creation?.......................................................................135Don't Animals Kill Each Other?.................................................................136The Nonliving Environment......................................................................136Don't We Have Enough Problems with Human Morality?.............................................141Isn't All This Utopian?........................................................................1412. ANIMAL RIGHTS AND LEGAL RIGHTSHow Are Law and Morality Connected?............................................................143Natural Law Theory.............................................................................144Natural Rights.................................................................................145The Rejection of Natural Law and Natural Rights: Legal Positivism..............................146The Revival of Natural Rights..................................................................147Rights Are a Protection for the Individual against the General Welfare.........................150How Rights Are Established.....................................................................152How Does This Relate to Animals?...............................................................153Don't Animals Have Legal Rights Now?...........................................................155Do Animals Need Rights? Their Legal Status Today...............................................155Legalizing the Rights of Animals...............................................................162What Can We Expect to Achieve?.................................................................166Is Our Position Absurd?........................................................................169Legal Rights of Animals Today..................................................................1703. THE USE AND ABUSE OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCHIntroduction...................................................................................175The Six Senses of Research.....................................................................177Moral Principles for Research: The Utilitarian and Rights Principles...........................180Introduction to the Testing of Consumables.....................................................184The LD50 Test..................................................................................185The Draize Test................................................................................190Carcinogen, Mutagen, and Teratogen Testing.....................................................194The Concept of Alternatives to Animal Experimentation..........................................196The Use of Animals in Teaching.................................................................198Research Abuse and the Training of Scientists..................................................201The Debasement of Language in Science..........................................................206Creating a Revolution in Science Education-Some Personal Notes.................................208Introduction to the Use of Animals in Basic Research...........................................217Freedom of Thought versus the Moral Status of...