Appunti di filosofia della legislazione animale

[Autom. eng. transl.] The philosophies that deal with the treatment of animals do not represent a united front: utilitarianism and rights theory, which are profoundly different from each other, appear to have in common the affirmation of "rights" for animals; on the contrary, animal welfare maintains that animals are recipients of duties by human beings, who must guarantee them a good quality of life. In the Anglo-Saxon debate, which was at the origin of the renewed philosophical and practical interest in animals, the term rightism alludes to the theories that, directly recognizing animals as holders of "rights", take a stand against any form of exploitation of animals; while the term welfarism indicates the positions that, affirming that animals must be treated humanely, maintain that they can be used where this condition is satisfied.