Animal Rights and Human Growth: Intellectual Courage and Extending the Moral Community

Autor/in	Rowe, Bradley D.
Titel	Animal Rights and Human Growth: Intellectual Courage and Extending the Moral Community
Quelle	In: Philosophical Studies in Education, 40 (2009), S.153-166 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0160-7561
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Social Justice; Ethical Instruction; Animals; Moral Values; Ethics; Moral Development; Civil Rights; Educational Philosophy; Activism; Individual Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Ethik; Moralische Entwicklung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Individuelle Entwicklung
Abstract	While the ethical dimension of human-animal relationships has become a legitimate, rich subject for contemporary moral philosophers, scholars of moral education, and to a large extent, philosophers of education, have remained surprisingly silent on this subject. The primary purpose of this essay is to illustrate the relationship between the moral standing of animals and human moral growth. First, the author briefly shows how the Western philosophical tradition has both justified human dominion over nonhuman animals as well as laid the groundwork for assigning the latter with moral value. The author's second task is to revisit contemporary moral philosophy in order to outline the main arguments for extending the moral community to encompass nonhuman species. Then, the author examines the narrative of Julie Andrzejewski, who--through teaching, writing, and activism--remains dedicated to issues of social justice, including the ways in which human beings coexist with nonhuman beings. Drawing on Andrzejewski's article entitled, "Teaching Animal Rights at the University: Philosophy and Practice," the author analyzes Andrzejewski's thought-provoking insights as a teacher of animal rights courses. These three tasks, the author proposes, frame the author's central argument: for human moral growth, people should consider their ethical duties to nonhuman animals. A central assumption underlying this essay is that educators should be concerned with human growth. (Contains 37 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society. Web site: http://www.ovpes.org/journal.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10