Is there a Rawlsian Argument for Animal Rights?
Mark Rowlands defends a Rawlsian argument for animal rights, according to which animals have rights because we would assign them rights when deciding on the principles of morality from behind a veil of ignorance. Rowlandss argument depends on a non-standard interpretation of the veil of ignorance,...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2016]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 973-984 |
RelBib Classification: | NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics VA Philosophy |
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John Rawls
B Mark Rowlands B Animal Rights B Contractualism |
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