Beyond Species: The Quest for an Adequate Legal Concept for Animals in Brazilian Legal System
This paper examines the issue of the proper legal treatment of animals. To this end, we debunked the importance of the criterion of species for justifying the distinction between humans and animals. Then, we also sought to analyse the main ethical theories that overcome speciesism and its legal repe...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Biodireito e Direito dos Animais |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.indexlaw.org:article/26 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/revistarbda/article/view/26 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Animal rights Speciesism Abolitionism Kantian account Utilitarianism Direitos dos animais Especismo Abolicionismo Viés kantiano Utilitarismo |
| Sumario: | This paper examines the issue of the proper legal treatment of animals. To this end, we debunked the importance of the criterion of species for justifying the distinction between humans and animals. Then, we also sought to analyse the main ethical theories that overcome speciesism and its legal repercussions. We then discussed three theories, which are animal abolitionism, Kantian approach to animal rights and the utilitarian view. We addressed the differences between abolitionists, Kantian, and utilitarian bias regarding legal consideration of animals. Finally, we presented an alternative criterion to the current proposals regarding animal rights, which aims to overcome the dichotomy between things and persons on Law. |
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