The Place of Animals in Wollstonecraft's Early Educational Writings

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作者
Yucel, Ugur Eyluel [1 ]
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[1] Bilkent Univ, Dept Philosophy, Ankara, TR, Turkiye
关键词
animals; animal ethics; inherent value; hierarchy; Mary Wollstonecraft;
D O I
10.1017/S0012217324000222
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B [哲学、宗教];
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01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
Thomas Taylor's parody of Mary Wollstonecraft's support for rights of women and humans raises a question: does his satire unwittingly propose a defence of animal rights found in Wollstonecraft's arguments? While Wollstonecraft's later works do not mention animal rights, her early educational writings offer arguments on animal ethics. These works explore the value of animals from moral, theological, and consequentialist perspectives, emphasizing both their instrumental and inherent value. This article argues that Wollstonecraft's moral psychology and theology highlight a benevolent attitude towards animals, underscoring their value beyond their utility. La parodie de Thomas Taylor sur la d & eacute;fense des droits des femmes et des humains par Mary Wollstonecraft soul & egrave;ve une question : sa satire propose-t-elle malgr & eacute; lui une d & eacute;fense des droits des animaux pr & eacute;sente dans les arguments de Wollstonecraft ? Alors que les oe uvres ult & eacute;rieures de Wollstonecraft ne font pas mention des droits des animaux, ses premiers & eacute;crits & eacute;ducatifs offrent des arguments sur l'& eacute;thique animale. Ces oe uvres explorent la valeur des animaux d'un point de vue moral, th & eacute;ologique et cons & eacute;quentialiste, en mettant l'accent & agrave; la fois sur leur valeur instrumentale et inh & eacute;rente. Cet article soutient que la psychologie morale et la th & eacute;ologie de Wollstonecraft mettent en lumi & egrave;re une attitude bienveillante envers les animaux, soulignant leur valeur au-del & agrave; de leur utilit & eacute;.
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