@article{ART001200366},
author={Joo-Man Maeng},
title={Peter Singer and the Ethical Vegetarianism},
journal={Philosophical Investigation},
issn={1598-7213},
year={2007},
volume={22},
pages={231-258},
doi={10.33156/philos.2007.22..009}
TY - JOUR
AU - Joo-Man Maeng
TI - Peter Singer and the Ethical Vegetarianism
JO - Philosophical Investigation
PY - 2007
VL - 22
IS - null
PB - Institute of philosophy in Chung-Ang Univ.
SP - 231
EP - 258
SN - 1598-7213
AB - Most contemporary Western writers who offer a systematic philosophical defense of ethical vegetarianism have used either utilitarian theory or a deontological moral rights theory. Peter Singer is typical of the former, and Tom Regan the latter. Singer is a moral theoriest whose has done much to reinvigorate the animal liberation movement. Preference Utilitarianist Singer's ethical vegetarianism is based on the principle of equal consideration of interests and sentience as the capacity to feel pleasure or pain. He says the preference for a non-vegetarian diet is largely a matter of taste. Liking the taste of meat does not constitute an interest strong enough to override the interests of animals in avoiding pain and suffering.
But Singer's utilitarianism is not only future-oriented, and only the consequences of actions count rather than intentions, so it cannot exclude a meat-eating. Also Singer's sentience-based theory of moral status does not consider the meanings of pain in organism, especially human beings in its fullness. The whole considerations for human pain, including to animals, must deal with ontology and semantics of panis, including value theory of plant life.
KW - the ethical vegetarianism;the principle of equal consideration of interest;utilitarianism;sentience;pain
DO - 10.33156/philos.2007.22..009
ER -
Joo-Man Maeng. (2007). Peter Singer and the Ethical Vegetarianism. Philosophical Investigation, 22, 231-258.
Joo-Man Maeng. 2007, "Peter Singer and the Ethical Vegetarianism", Philosophical Investigation, vol.22, pp.231-258. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2007.22..009
Joo-Man Maeng "Peter Singer and the Ethical Vegetarianism" Philosophical Investigation 22 pp.231-258 (2007) : 231.
Joo-Man Maeng. Peter Singer and the Ethical Vegetarianism. 2007; 22 231-258. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2007.22..009
Joo-Man Maeng. "Peter Singer and the Ethical Vegetarianism" Philosophical Investigation 22(2007) : 231-258.doi: 10.33156/philos.2007.22..009
Joo-Man Maeng. Peter Singer and the Ethical Vegetarianism. Philosophical Investigation, 22, 231-258. doi: 10.33156/philos.2007.22..009
Joo-Man Maeng. Peter Singer and the Ethical Vegetarianism. Philosophical Investigation. 2007; 22 231-258. doi: 10.33156/philos.2007.22..009
Joo-Man Maeng. Peter Singer and the Ethical Vegetarianism. 2007; 22 231-258. Available from: doi:10.33156/philos.2007.22..009
Joo-Man Maeng. "Peter Singer and the Ethical Vegetarianism" Philosophical Investigation 22(2007) : 231-258.doi: 10.33156/philos.2007.22..009
