Δευτέρα 15 Απριλίου 2024

The difference between "animal welfare" and "animal rights" / Τι σημαίνει για τα ζώα "ευζωία" και τι "δικαιώματα"


Κολάζ από διάφορες πηγές σχετικές με την καλή διαβίωση (μεταχείριση) και την εγγενή αξία ("αξιοπρέπεια" και "δικαιώματα") των ζώων - Επιλεκτικές αναφορές


Social attitudes about animals are hopelessly confused. On one hand, many people regard at least some nonhumans - their "pets" - as members of their families. On the other hand, these very same people think nothing about eating animals other than "pets," wearing their skins, using them in experiments, or exploiting them for entertainment. 
Animal exploitation is a billion-dollar industry - and human beings appear to be able to justify most actions that result in monetary gain. Anyone who wants to change the status of nonhumans must recognize the need to confront entrenched economic interests, as well as religious and philosophical views that purport to justify our instrumental treatment of animals.

Gary L. Francione  is an American legal scholar known for his work on animal rights theory, and was the first academic to teach it in an American law school. His work has focused on three issues: 1) The property status of animals, 2) The differences between animal rights and animal welfare, and 3) A theory of animal rights based on sentience alone, rather than on any particular characteristics. He is a pioneer of the abolitionist theory of animal rights, arguing that animal welfare regulation is theoretically and practically unsound, serving only to prolong the status of animals as property by making the public feel comfortable about using them. "When we talk about animal rights, we are talking primarily about one right: the right NOT to be property". -Gary Francione at The case against pets 

Animal welfarism, also known simply as welfarism or "animal welfare" is the position that it is morally acceptable for humans to use non-human animals, provided that adverse effects on animal welfare are minimized as far as possible. Welfarism is often contrasted with the animal rights and animal liberation positions, which hold that animals should not be used by humans, and should not be regarded as their property. On the other hand abolitionism within the animal rights movement is the idea that focusing on animal welfare reform not only fails to challenge animal suffering, but may prolong it by making the exercise of property rights over animals appear acceptable. The abolitionists' objective is to secure a moral and legal paradigm shift, whereby animals are no longer regarded as things to be owned and used. 
[Animals as Property by Gary L. Francione at animallaw.info]


Animal welfare theories accept that animals have interests but allow these interests to be traded away as long as there are some human benefits that are thought to justify that sacrifice.Animal rights means that animals, like humans, have interests that cannot be sacrificed or traded away just because it might benefit others. (However, the rights position does not hold that rights are absolute; an animal’s rights, just like those of humans, must be limited, and rights can certainly conflict.) Animal rights means that animals are not ours to use for food, clothing, entertainment, or experimentation.

Animal welfare allows these uses as long as “humane” guidelines are followed. The difference between animal rights and animal welfare has been summed up like this: Animal rights advocates are campaigning for no cages, while animal welfarists are campaigning for bigger cages. Animal rights supporters believe that it is morally wrong to use or exploit animals in any way and that human beings should not do so.

Animal welfare supporters believe that it can be morally acceptable for human beings to use or exploit animals, as long as: the suffering of the animals is either eliminated or reduced to the minimum and there is no practicable way of achieving the same end without using animals. For people who think like this, the suffering to animals is at the heart of the issue, and reducing the suffering reduces the wrong that is done. Supporters of animal rights don't think that doing wrong things "humanely" makes them any less wrong. [Animal Welfare Vs Animal Rights at Oromis Veterinary Accosiation]


Temple Grandin is an American academic and animal behaviorist and a prominent proponent of the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter. She is the author of many scientific papers on animal behavior and a consultant to the livestock industry, where she offers advice. She is also an autism spokesperson. In a paper presented at a discussion on whether animals should be property she says: "Animals are not things and  Animal Welfare is based on Neurological Complexity. But animals can be property and still have many laws and other protections to insure their welfareChanging language based concepts like 'property' are only important to animals if changes in rhetoric cause people to treat animals better. I have little interest in rhetoric unless it provides actual changes where the animals live. All my life I have worked, making concrete improvements out in the field". [Dr. Temple Grandin at animal behavior, welfare and care (intro)]



Animal rights and animal welfare are both highly complex topics, which involve concepts in philosophy, history, science, and law. Based on an article about integrating animal interests into our legal system, many in the animal rights movement believe that as long as animals remain as legal property, their interests cannot be accommodated within the legal system. Property law can be transformed such that ownership is redefined as guardianship, allowing animals to achieve the legal respect that animal rights proponents believe they deserve. There is a broad spectrum of views and beliefs about this issue. Hence, the take-home message is to recognize that 1) animal welfare and animal rights are not the same, and 2) it is important for us to be open-minded to new perspectives, putting aside our preconceived notions and actively explore new ways of thinking. [article at The Animal welfare Station]



Περισσότερα:

The Argument for Animal Rights at treehugger by Doris Lin

Animal Rights Versus Animal Welfare: treehugger by Doris Lin

What is the difference between "animal rights" and "animal welfare"? peta

What is the difference between animal rights and animal welfare?: World Animal Protection

Article: Do Animal Rights And Animal Welfare Mean The Same Thing? https://theanimalwelfarestation.wordpress.com/2020/06/29/article-do-animal-rights-and-animal-welfare-mean-the-same-thing/

Welfare vs. Rights: https://www.animalwelfarecouncil.org/?page_id=16


Animal Welfare: Wikipedia

Animal Rights: Wikipedia.

Welfarist and Abolitionist Approach: Google Search

Abolitionism (animal rights): Wikipedia


List of animal rights groups: Wikipedia

List of animal rights advocates: Wikipedia

Gary Francione: wikipediaabolitionistapproachhowdoigoveganFacebooktwitter

https://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/pdf/ARAA_Pamphlet_A4_Greek.pdf


ANIMAL RIGHTS: DEFINITION, ISSUES, AND EXAMPLES: thehumaneleague

Animal welfare vs. animal rights: What's the difference? agdaily

Animal Welfare and Animal Rights: Can They Co-Exist and How: sentientmedia

Abolitionism And Welfarism: Two Animal Advocacy Perspectives: faunalytics 

Animal rights versus animal welfare: What good are animal rights if they offer nothing more than, and cannot realistically be embraced by, law? veterinary-practice

Animal Rights by Steven Wise: britannica


Τι σημαίνει για τα ζώα "ευζωία" και τι "δικαιώματα"; filikaki blog

https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Δικαιώματα_των_ζώων

https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Κίνημα_για_τα_Δικαιώματα_των_Ζώων


Ο καθηγητής Φιλοσοφίας και Δικαίου Gary Lawrence Franione
στο ΕΚΠΑ, προσκεκλημένος ομιλητής στα πλαίσια του Διιδρυματικού Προγράμματος Σπουδών Ζώα: Ηθική, Δίκαιο, Ευζωίαhttps://animalethics-en.philosophy.uoa.gr/people/invited_professors/gary_francione/ [videoFb(Ιανουάριος 2021)


ΖΩΑ - ΙΔΙΟΚΤΗΣΙΑ Η ΠΡΟΣΩΠΑ
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 https://www.kianavgi.gr/el/syggrafeis/gary-l-francione [Fb]  https://www.kianavgi.gr/sites/default/files/full-books/gary-francione-animals-property-or-persons.pdf [εκδόσεις Κυαναυγή, 2022] Βιβλίο δωρεάν σε ψηφιακή μορφή, εδώ: https://www.kianavgi.gr/el/biblia/dokimia/peri-zoon/zoa-idioktisia-i-prosopa (πατήστε εκεί που λέει λήψη)








Σύνοψη: 

Η ευζωία και τα δικαιώματα των ζώων είναι δύο διαφορετικές έννοιες που τέμνονται αλλά δεν ταυτίζονται. Στην πράξη, η ευζωία υλοποιείται με ένα σύνολο από πρακτικές και νομοθετικές ρυθμίσεις που αφορούν στην μεταχείριση των ζώων που χρησιμοποιούνται για συντροφιά, εργασία, τροφή, ένδυση, έρευνα και διασκέδαση. Το κίνημα υπέρ των δικαιωμάτων (Animal Rights Movement) βασίζεται στην ιδέα ότι τα ζώα θα πρέπει να αντιμετωπίζονται ως (συν)αισθανόμενα όντα (βλ. animal sentience* και sentientism) και όχι ως αντικείμενα προς εκμετάλλευση. Για τα παραγωγικά ζώα, η θεωρία της ευζωίας επιζητεί την βελτίωση των συνθηκών εκτροφής, ενώ η θεωρία των δικαιωμάτων ζητά την κατάργηση της κτηνοτροφίας.







Επίλογος:  

History of Animal Rights and a video by Moby





















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