NDLI: Is there a Rawlsian Argument for Animal Rights?

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Svolba, David
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Mark Rowlands defends a Rawlsian argument for animal rights, according to which animals have rights because we would assign them rights when deciding on the principles of morality from behind a veil of ignorance. Rowlands’s argument depends on a non-standard interpretation of the veil of ignorance, according to which we cannot know whether we are human or non-human on the other side of the veil. Rowlands claims that his interpretation of the veil is more consistent with a core commitment of Rawlsian justice—the intuitive equality principle—than either Rawls or his critics realize. Here I argue that Rawls is not committed to the intuitive equality principle, as Rowlands articulates it, and hence Rowlands’s argument is in fact only superficially Rawlsian. Furthermore, Rowlands’s intuitive equality principle is dubious on its own terms, and thus a poor principle on which to base a case for animal rights.
Starting Page	973
Ending Page	984
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13862820
Journal	Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Volume Number	19
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15728447
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2016-02-22
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Mark Rowlands Animal Rights John Rawls Contractualism Ethics Political Philosophy Theory of Medicine/Bioethics Philosophy of Medicine Ontology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Social Sciences

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Rowlands, Rawlsian Justice and Animal Experimentation

Does Animal Ethics Need a Darwinian Revolution?

Contractualism and the Significance of Perspective-Taking

Nicholas Southwood: Contractualism and the Foundations of Morality

Contractualism and the Non-Identity Problem

Are There Any Conflicts of Rights?

Procedural Justice and Affirmative Action

Nonconsequentialist Precaution

Animal Rights and the Problem of r-Strategists

Is there a Rawlsian Argument for Animal Rights?

Similar Documents

Rowlands, Rawlsian Justice and Animal Experimentation

Does Animal Ethics Need a Darwinian Revolution?

Contractualism and the Significance of Perspective-Taking

Nicholas Southwood: Contractualism and the Foundations of Morality

Contractualism and the Non-Identity Problem

Are There Any Conflicts of Rights?

Procedural Justice and Affirmative Action

Nonconsequentialist Precaution

Animal Rights and the Problem of r-Strategists

Is there a Rawlsian Argument for Animal Rights?