動物解放：過去、現在與未來
Peter Singer
美國普林斯頓大學人性價值研究中心生物倫理學教授、澳大利亞墨爾本大學歷史哲學研究學院榮譽教授
摘要
「動物解放」逐漸發展成為一項政治運動僅約四十年左右。雖然不難在其他傳統的哲學論述，尤其是佛教的教義裡，發現類似的思想，但其核心理念卻是興起於廿世紀末，並承襲了西方一貫反種族歧視與反性別歧視的自由傳統。本文將探究這項運動如何徹底的顛覆了主宰現代文明的西方早期思想，此外，亦將回顧其自廿世紀七○年代萌芽至今的發展軌跡，並從動物解放運動的倫理基礎進行辯證，進而展望其未來前景。
關鍵字：動物、倫理、物種主義
Animal Liberation: Past, Present and Future
Peter Singer
Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, University Center for Human Values, Princeton University; Laureate Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia.
ABSTRACT:
AnimalLiberation as a political movement is only 40 years old. Although the central ideas of animal liberation can be found in other traditions, and especially in Buddhism, it emerged in the late 20th century as a continuation of the Western liberal tradition of opposition to arbitrary forms of discrimination, such as racism and sexism. In this lecture I will explain how the movement was radically opposed to earlier Western ideas, which had come to dominate the modern world. I will describe and defend the ethical basis of the animal liberation movement, and the progress it has made since it emerged in the 1970s. I will close with some speculations about the future of the movement.
Keywords: Animals, ethics, speciesism