<b>Speciesism and the perception of animals</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v33i1.7827

  • Fábio Luiz Zanardi Coltro UNOPAR - Universidade Norte do Paraná
  • Yoshiya Nakagawara Ferreira UEL - Universidade Estadual de Londrina
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v33i1.7827
Keywords: speciesism, ethics, environment

Abstract

Are there limits to how human beings can legitimately treat non-human animals? Or may we treat them any way we please? If there are limits, what are they? Are they sufficiently strong, as some people suppose, not to lead us into speciesism and to reduce, if not eliminate altogether, our use of non-human animals in “scientific” experiments for our benefit? To completely evaluate this issue, I shall contrast it to two different questions: are there limits to how we can legitimately treat rocks? And: are there limits to how we can legitimately treat other human beings? These questions are linked to the concept of speciesism, a neologism created by Richard Ryder in 1970 to describe the relationship of prejudice by one species towards another. The most common form of speciesism is the animal kind, whereupon one species (Human beings) have a prejudiced relationship with another species (non-human beings). This work aims to explain how we, human beings, perceive other species and how we act with regard to others.

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Author Biography

Fábio Luiz Zanardi Coltro, UNOPAR - Universidade Norte do Paraná
Graduado em Marketing e Propaganda pela Universidade Norte do Parana (2001), Especialista em Bioética pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina (2002) e Mestre em Geografia, Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina (2005). Atualmente é professor mestre da Universidade Norte do Parana e professor temporário da Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Desenvolve pesquisa na área de Consumo Sustentável, Marketing Verde e Responsabilidade Sócio-ambiental.Também é pesquisador da área de bioética, em especial para a Ética Animal e Ética Ambiental. Tem experiência na área de Administração, com ênfase em MARKETING E PROPAGANDA, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: bioética, meio ambiente, bioética animal, conhecimento científico e tecnológico e ética.
Published
2011-04-06
How to Cite
Coltro, F. L. Z., & Ferreira, Y. N. (2011). <b>Speciesism and the perception of animals</b&gt; - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v33i1.7827. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 33(1), 75-80. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v33i1.7827
Issue
Vol 33 No 1 (2011)
Section
Philosophy and Education

 

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