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Humans are superior — by human standards
Chapman & Huffman argue that humans are neither unique nor superior to other animals. I believe they are right in claiming that we are no more unique than any other species, but wrong in assuming that this means we cannot be ranked as superior.
Susana Monsó
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Animal welfare at home and in the wild
In recent work, economist Yew-Kwang Ng suggests strategies for improving animal welfare within the confines of institutions such as the meat industry.
Kyle Johannsen
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Integrating evolution into the study of animal sentience
Like many others, I see Crump et al. (2022) as a milestone for improving upon previous guidelines and for extending their framework to decapod crustaceans.
Walter Veit
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Are some animals also moral agents?
Animal rights philosophers have traditionally accepted the claim that human beings are unique, but rejected the claim that our uniqueness justifies denying animals moral rights.
Kyle Johannsen
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Kant's Moral and Political Cosmopolitanism [PDF]
In this essay, I first outline the contexts in which the idea of cosmopolitanism appears in Kant’s moral and political philosophy. I then survey the three main debates regarding his political cosmopolitanism, namely, on the nature of the international ...
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From crisis to meaning: creativity in the Biblical narrative of Eve and the inversion by F. Kafka
The possibilities of creativity in human life depend on discovering the meaning of life. Franz Kafka’s story Before the Law evokes how every attempt at finding this meaning, represented as the law, comes with a crisis and can result in failure.
Luc Anckaert, Roger Burggraeve
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Does sentience come in degrees?
This commentary is about whether sentience, or what philosophers call “phenomenal consciousness,” comes in degrees.
Andrew Y. Lee
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There is no way to include invertebrates within the moral sphere without being “extreme” — to use Mikhalevich & Powell’s term. This is because of the profound difficulties in correctly attributing sentience.
Eric Dietrich, Tara Fox Hall
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Overcoming inertia to deliver sentience policy commensurate with sentience science
Rowan et al’s target article makes clear that meaningful change in policy and practice to protect animals has failed to progress in lockstep with scientific understanding of their sentience and needs.
Claire Bass
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Ethics at the centre of global and local challenges: thoughts on the future of business ethics [PDF]
To commemorate 40 years since the founding of the Journal of Business Ethics, the editors in chief of the journal have invited the editors to provide commentaries on the future of business ethics. This essay comprises a selection of commentaries aimed at
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