La voz de los animales: : una respuesta a la reciente teoría francesa del cuidado en ética animal

Josephine Donovan; Vittoria di Prizito; Eduardo Rincón Higuera

Authors

Josephine Donovan Universidad de Maine
Vittoria di Prizito
Eduardo Rincón Higuera

Keywords:

feminist care theory, vegetarianism, abattoirs

Abstract

Recent French theorists have expanded upon the American feminist care tradition in animal ethics. Some of these applications are, however, misconceived, allowing, for example, a qualified endorsement of meat-eating and the valorization of Temple Grandin and Aldo Leopold as exemplars of care theory. The French applications go awry, the author contends, because they fail to incorporate “the different voice” of animals in their ethical deliberations, which is at the heart of American animal care theory. Hearing that voice necessarily enjoins against meat-eating or killing animals for human use (both of which Grandin and Leopold endorse). In critiquing the French works the author expands upon, refines, and clarifies American care theory in animal ethics.

Author Biographies

Vittoria di Prizito

Título universitario en Idiomas y Literaturas Extranjeras (Inglés primer idioma, Francés segundo), y cum laude en la Universita degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa de Nápoles, Italia, Julio 1994.
Eduardo Rincón Higuera

Doctorando en Filosofía de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Magister en Filosofía de la Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá)

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