Tom Regan teaches philosophy at North Carolina State University. Published 1983 by University of California Press in Berkeley. Two of the seminal works of the animal rights movement are: Singer, P. Animal Liberation. [Tom Regan] -- Tom Regan, the intellectual leader of the animal rights movement, offers a disciplined moral theory while at the same time articulating and the defending practical proposals many will find ratical. Regan argues both that utilitarianism is not an acceptable theory of ethics, and that even if it were, it would not support the conclusion that most everyone should be a vegetarian. But not until Tom Regan published The Case for Animal Rights did the world possess a theory of the rights of animals. The Case for Animal Rights. Tom Regan (born November 28, 1938) is an American philosopher who specializes in animal rights theory. Moore and the Development of His Moral Philosophy (Temple University Press, 1986). The case for animal rights by Tom Regan, 1983, University of California Press edition, in English ... 5 editions of The case for animal rights found in the catalog. Western philosophers over the centuries have regarded humans in a different light to the rest of the animal kingdom. Subjects. 24. Regan, T. The Case for Animal Rights. The Case for Animal Rights (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983). By Tom Regan. Regan was the author of numerous books on the philosophy of animal rights, including The Case for Animal Rights (1983), one of a handful of studies that have significantly influenced the modern animal rights movement. The first is how the theory that underlies the case for animal rights shows that the animal rights movement is a part of, not antagonistic to, the human rights movement. The Case for Animal Rights.University of California Press 1983. In 1983, American philosopher Tom Regan published a book called The Case for Animal Rights, which has since become an important text in animal rights theory. At the heart of the debate about the ethics of animal experimentation lies the question of the moral relationship between humans and non‐humans. The first is how the theory that underlies the case for animal rights shows that the animal rights movement is a part of, not antagonistic to, the human rights movement. The Case for Animal Rights. In these, he argued that non-human animals are what he called the "subjects-of-a-life", just as humans are, and that, if we want to ascribe value to all human beings regardless of their ability … Tom Regan. INTRODUCTION Over the past two centuries, the animal protection movement has made great changes both in substance and … "Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Bentham, Mill: all thought seriously about the role of animals in our lives. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 1983 [Book Review] When philosophy students come to this issue hundreds of years from now, they will read the greats in light of the arguments presented here. Stockholm: Nya Doxa. The Case for Animal Rights. Tom Regan (/ ˈ r eɪ ɡ ən /; November 28, 1938 – February 17, 2017) was an American philosopher who specialized in animal rights theory. Get this from a library! The Case for Animal Rights. by Tom Regan. Western philosophers over the centuries have regarded humans in a different light to the rest of the animal kingdom. More than twenty years after its original publication, The Case for Animal Rights is an acknowledged classic of moral philosophy, and its author is recognized as the intellectual leader of the animal rights movement.In a new and fully considered preface, Regan responds to his critics and defends the book's revolutionary position. This article explores Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation thesis and examines the arguments against his work, particularly from certain moral philosophers in the late 1970s and 1980s who seriously engaged with his ideas. Peter Singer, “Utilitarianism and vegetarianism,” Philosophy and … Among his most recent books are (with Andrew Linzey) Animals and Christianity: A Book of Readings (Crossroads, 1988) and Bloomsbury’s Prophet: G.E. Written in English. Regan, T. The Case for Animal Rights. The first such book was Peter Singer's Animal Liberation, followed by my book Animal Rights and Human Morality (Rollin, 1981), Tom Regan's The Case for Animal Rights, and Steve Sapontzis' Morals, Reason, and Animals. He was professor emeritus of philosophy at North Carolina State University, where he had taught from 1967 until his retirement in 2001. ↑Tom Regan", North Carolina State University, accessed 4 June 2011. Regan's justification for inherent value rests on the assumption that this kind of value is the best way to explain our "reflective intuitions" regarding harm to other humans, including the marginal cases (Tom Regan, The Case for Animal Rights, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983, p. 247). Translated by Salvatore Veca. Regan, Tom. The Case for Animal Rights (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983). NOTES 1. I Dritti Animali. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1983. xvii+425. 1988. In "The Case for Animal Rights," Tom Regan makes use of the Peter Singer and Dan Brock quotes featured here. The Case for Animal Rights.University of California Press 1983. Pp. 1990. $25.00. About the Book. 2/e; with a new introduction. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1983. Tom Regan (/ ˈ r eɪ ɡ ən /; November 28, 1938 – February 17, 2017) was an American philosopher who specialized in animal rights theory.