Published: 2015-12-23

The Issue of the Acceptability of Violence in Defense of Animals in the Animal Rights Theory of Tom Regan

Dariusz Gzyra Logo ORCID

Abstract

The article analyzes the position of Tom Regan (the author of a theory of animal rights) toward the admissibility of the use of force in defense of animals. The key issue here is the definitional dispute about the legitimacy of violent actions directed towards things and defining the criteria that justify such violence. Regan’s conclusion is presented in the context of different forms of violence as well as its definition, the contemporary realities of animal exploitation, and the history of direct action in defense of animals.

Citation rules

Gzyra, D. (2015). The Issue of the Acceptability of Violence in Defense of Animals in the Animal Rights Theory of Tom Regan. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (1), 71–82. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ZOOPHILOLOGICA/article/view/4825

Zoophilologica – T.1 (2015) – Zwierzęce/Animalis

No. 1 (2015)
Published: 2016-08-14


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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