O moralnych obowiązkach ludzi wobec zwierząt. Etyka Gary’ego Francione

Dorota Probucka

doi:10.21697/seb.2015.13.2.05

Published: 2015-06-30

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2015)

Our Moral Obligations to Non-human Animals: Gary Francione’s Ethics

Dorota Probucka

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

Section: Humanistic Foundations of Environmental Protection

https://doi.org/10.21697/seb.2015.13.2.05

Abstract

The purpose of my article is to present and analyze the ethical views of Gary Francione – the leading, contemporary representative of the Animal Rights Movement. He built his theory by criticizing the views of two other supporters of the idea of animal liberation: Peter Singer and Tom Regan. In his opinion, neither of these philosophers did not escape from the anthropocentric paradigm binding the moral obligations to animals with the primacy of human interest. Singer believed that only humans have the ability to plan their own future, and only they want to live and extend their own existence. While according to Regan, in conflict situations, respect for human interest should be dominant. Francione agrees that only people understand a deeper meaning of their own existence, but it does not follow that only they want to live and do not want to die. The need to preserve and continue life is not the result of mental states, but it is a consequence of sensitivity – the biological trait which aims to safeguard and continuation of life. According to Francione, if every sensitive creature has an interest in preserving his own life and avoiding suffering it they also have a moral right to life and not being treated in a cruel manner.

Keywords:

Gary Francione, environmental ethics, animal rights, sentience, moral duty

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Probucka, D. (2015). Our Moral Obligations to Non-human Animals: Gary Francione’s Ethics. Studia Ecologiae Et Bioethicae, 13(2), 93–106. https://doi.org/10.21697/seb.2015.13.2.05

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