Specismo, ragione umana, parola e senso etico (brevi note)

Translated title of the contribution: [Autom. eng. transl.] Specism, human reason, word and ethical sense (short notes)

Giacomo Samek Lodovici*

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Abstract

In my contribution I reflect on some aspects of the question about the equation/difference between the human being and the higher animals, taking as a reference point a thinker (only one for reasons of space) among those who denounced speciesism, that is P. Singer. Humans cannot (morally speaking) act towards animals in any way, for example they must not inflict unnecessary pain on them, anyway the existence of duties towards animals does not cancel the qualitative (not only quantitative) difference between humans and animals. In the contribution I focus on the human specificity that emerges from the theoretical reason (while the animal has only a pragmatic knowledge), from the word (while the animal has only the verse), from the ethical sense, that requires freedom (of which the animal is lacking ). And I point out that even the same denunciation of speciesism falls into a pragmatic contradiction, because it constitutes a specifically human activity.
Translated title of the contribution[Autom. eng. transl.] Specism, human reason, word and ethical sense (short notes)
Original languageItalian
Title of host publicationDiritti o tutela degli animali?
Pages67-83
Number of pages17
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • ethical sense
  • ragione - parola
  • reason - word
  • senso etico
  • speciesism
  • specismo

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