Abolitionism or abolitionist veganism is the animal rights based opposition to all animal use by humans. Abolitionism intends to eliminate all forms of animal use by maintaining that all sentient beings, humans or nonhumans, share a basic right not to be treated as properties or objects.[1][2] Abolitionist vegans emphasize that the production of animal products requires treating animals as property or resources, and that animal products are not necessary for human health in modern societies.[3][4] Abolitionists believe that everyone who can live vegan is therefore morally obligated to be vegan.[3][4]
Activists protesting outside the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Civic Coliseum in Knoxville, Tennessee
Abolitionists disagree on the strategy that must be used to achieve their goal. While some abolitionists, like Gary Francione, professor of law, argue that abolitionists should create awareness about the benefits of veganism through creative and nonviolent education (by also pointing to health and environmental benefits) and inform people that veganism is a moral imperative,[5] others such as Tom Regan believe that abolitionists should seek to stop animal exploitation in society, and fight for this goal through political advocacy, without using the environmental or health arguments.[6]
Abolitionists generally oppose movements that seek to make animal use more humane or to abolish specific forms of animal use, since they believe this undermines the movement to abolish all forms of animal use.[1][2] The objective is to secure a moral and legal paradigm shift, whereby animals are no longer regarded as things to be owned and used. The American philosopher Tom Regan writes that abolitionists want empty cages, not bigger ones.[7] This is contrasted with animal welfare, which seeks incremental reform, and animal protectionism, which seeks to combine the first principles of abolitionism with an incremental approach, but which is regarded by some abolitionists as another form of welfarism or "New Welfarism".[8]
The word relates to the historical term abolitionism—a social movement to end slavery or human ownership of other humans.[9] Based on the way of evaluating welfare reforms, abolitionists can be either radical or pragmatic. While the former maintain that welfare reforms can only be dubiously described as moral improvements, the latter consider welfare reforms as moral improvements even when the conditions they permit are unjust.[10]
Gary Francione, professor of law and philosophy at Rutgers School of Law–Newark, argues from the abolitionist perspective that self-described animal-rights groups who pursue welfare concerns, such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, risk making the public feel comfortable about its use of animals. He calls such groups the "new welfarists", arguing that, though their aim is an end to animal use, the reforms they pursue are indistinguishable from reforms agreeable to traditional welfarists, who he says have no interest in abolishing animal use. He argues that reform campaigns entrench the property status of animals, and validate the view that animals simply need to be treated better. Instead, he writes, the public's view that animals can be used and consumed ought to be challenged. His position is that this should be done by promoting ethical veganism.[11] Others think that this should be done by creating a public debate in society.[12]
New welfarists argue that there is no logical or practical contradiction between abolitionism and "welfarism".[13][14] Welfarists think that they can be working toward abolition, but by gradual steps, pragmatically taking into account what most people can be realistically persuaded to do in the short as well as the long term, and reduce animal suffering as it is most urgent to relieve. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, for example, in addition to promoting local improvements in the treatment of animals, promote vegetarianism. Although some people believe that changing the legal status of nonhuman sentient beings[15][16] is a first step in abolishing ownership or mistreatment, others may argue that this will fail to succeed if the consuming public has not already begun to reduce or eliminate its exploitation of animals as their own food.
Personhood
In 1992, Switzerland amended its constitution to recognize animals as beings and not things.[17] The dignity of animals is also protected in Switzerland.[18]
New Zealand granted basic rights to five great ape species in 1999. Their use is now forbidden in research, testing or teaching.[19]
In 2007, the parliament of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous province of Spain, passed the world's first legislation granting legal rights to all great apes.[22]
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Abolitionism or abolitionist veganism is the animal rights based opposition to all animal use by humans Abolitionism intends to eliminate all forms of animal use by maintaining that all sentient beings humans or nonhumans share a basic right not to be treated as properties or objects 1 2 Abolitionist vegans emphasize that the production of animal products requires treating animals as property or resources and that animal products are not necessary for human health in modern societies 3 4 Abolitionists believe that everyone who can live vegan is therefore morally obligated to be vegan 3 4 Activists protesting outside the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Civic Coliseum in Knoxville Tennessee Abolitionists disagree on the strategy that must be used to achieve their goal While some abolitionists like Gary Francione professor of law argue that abolitionists should create awareness about the benefits of veganism through creative and nonviolent education by also pointing to health and environmental benefits and inform people that veganism is a moral imperative 5 others such as Tom Regan believe that abolitionists should seek to stop animal exploitation in society and fight for this goal through political advocacy without using the environmental or health arguments 6 Abolitionists generally oppose movements that seek to make animal use more humane or to abolish specific forms of animal use since they believe this undermines the movement to abolish all forms of animal use 1 2 The objective is to secure a moral and legal paradigm shift whereby animals are no longer regarded as things to be owned and used The American philosopher Tom Regan writes that abolitionists want empty cages not bigger ones 7 This is contrasted with animal welfare which seeks incremental reform and animal protectionism which seeks to combine the first principles of abolitionism with an incremental approach but which is regarded by some abolitionists as another form of welfarism or New Welfarism 8 Contents 1 Concepts 2 Personhood 3 See also 4 References 5 Further readingConcepts Edit Abolitionists oppose horse racing as they believe it is a form of animal exploitation Flag of abolition of meat and speciesism modeled after the flag of the Republic of India with the Ashoka s Wheel of Dharma in the center The word relates to the historical term abolitionism a social movement to end slavery or human ownership of other humans 9 Based on the way of evaluating welfare reforms abolitionists can be either radical or pragmatic While the former maintain that welfare reforms can only be dubiously described as moral improvements the latter consider welfare reforms as moral improvements even when the conditions they permit are unjust 10 Gary Francione professor of law and philosophy at Rutgers School of Law Newark argues from the abolitionist perspective that self described animal rights groups who pursue welfare concerns such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals risk making the public feel comfortable about its use of animals He calls such groups the new welfarists arguing that though their aim is an end to animal use the reforms they pursue are indistinguishable from reforms agreeable to traditional welfarists who he says have no interest in abolishing animal use He argues that reform campaigns entrench the property status of animals and validate the view that animals simply need to be treated better Instead he writes the public s view that animals can be used and consumed ought to be challenged His position is that this should be done by promoting ethical veganism 11 Others think that this should be done by creating a public debate in society 12 New welfarists argue that there is no logical or practical contradiction between abolitionism and welfarism 13 14 Welfarists think that they can be working toward abolition but by gradual steps pragmatically taking into account what most people can be realistically persuaded to do in the short as well as the long term and reduce animal suffering as it is most urgent to relieve People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for example in addition to promoting local improvements in the treatment of animals promote vegetarianism Although some people believe that changing the legal status of nonhuman sentient beings 15 16 is a first step in abolishing ownership or mistreatment others may argue that this will fail to succeed if the consuming public has not already begun to reduce or eliminate its exploitation of animals as their own food Personhood EditIn 1992 Switzerland amended its constitution to recognize animals as beings and not things 17 The dignity of animals is also protected in Switzerland 18 New Zealand granted basic rights to five great ape species in 1999 Their use is now forbidden in research testing or teaching 19 In the interests of future generations Germany added animal welfare in a 2002 amendment to its constitution becoming the first European Union member to do so 17 20 21 In 2007 the parliament of the Balearic Islands an autonomous province of Spain passed the world s first legislation granting legal rights to all great apes 22 In 2013 India officially recognized dolphins as non human persons 23 In 2014 France revised the legal status of animals from movable property to sentient beings 15 and the province of Quebec in Canada is considering similar legislation 16 See also EditAnimal liberationist Animal rights List of animal rights advocatesReferences Edit a b The Six Principles of the Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights a b Francione Gary Animal Rights The Abolitionist Approach a b Gary Francione Eat Like You Care a b HowDoIGoVegan com Thought of the Day Abolitionist Veganism and Arguments About Health 23 December 2016 Retrieved 11 December 2020 For the abolition of veganism for the abolition of animal exploitation 17 November 2012 Retrieved 11 December 2020 The Torch of Reason The Sword of Justice animalsvoice com Archived from the original on July 22 2011 Retrieved May 24 2011 Francione Gary L and Garner Robert The Animal Rights Debate Columbia University Press 2010 When Vegans Won t Compromise New York Times 16 August 2015 Retrieved 17 April 2016 Stepanenko Walter Scott 2018 Two Forms of Abolitionism and the Political Rights of Animals A Case Study Journal of Animal Ethics University of Illinois Press 8 1 26 38 doi 10 5406 janimalethics 8 1 0026 Retrieved 21 August 2022 Francione 1996 chapter 5 For the abolition of veganism for the abolition of slavery About the necessary paradigm shift needed in the animal rights movement Retrieved 2019 02 03 Farm animal welfare legislation and trade Law and contemporary problems 325 358 Retrieved 2014 12 14 Smith Allison Reese Jacy 24 March 2016 An empirical perspective on animal advocacy Retrieved 17 April 2016 a b Les animaux ne sont plus des meubles animals are no longer furniture Le Figaro fr Retrieved 2014 12 14 a b New bill aimed at modifying the legal status of animals announced Montreal SPCA Archived from the original on 2014 12 14 Retrieved 2014 12 14 a b Germany guarantees animal rights in constitution Associated Press 2002 05 18 Retrieved 2008 06 26 Swiss constitution 1999 04 18 Archived from the original on 2019 04 21 Retrieved 2013 03 23 Thomas Rose 2007 08 02 A Step at a time New Zealand s progress toward hominid rights PDF CBC News Constitutional Protection for Germany s Animals page 13 Germany guarantees animal rights CNN 2002 06 21 Retrieved 2008 06 26 Thomas Rose Going ape over human rights CBC News Retrieved 2008 06 26 Dolphins gain unprecedented protection in India Retrieved 2007 08 02 Further reading EditFrancione Gary Rain Without Thunder The Ideology of the Animal Rights Movement Temple University Press 1996 Francione Gary and Garner Robert The Animal Rights Debate Abolition Or Regulation Columbia University Press 2010 Francione Gary Ingrid Newkirk on Principled Veganism Screw the principle Animal Rights The Abolitionist Approach September 2010 Francione Gary Animal Rights The Abolitionist Approach accessed February 26 2011 Francione Gary Animals Property and the Law Temple University Press 1995 Hall Lee An Interview with Professor Gary L Francione on the State of the U S Animal Rights Movement Friends of Animals accessed February 25 2008 Regan Tom Empty Cages Rowman amp Littlefield Publishers Inc 2004 Regan Tom The Torch of Reason The Sword of Justice animalsvoice com accessed May 29 2012 Regan Tom On Achieving Abolitionist Goals Animal Rights Zone May 18 2011 accessed May 24 2011 Regan Tom The Case for Animal Rights University of California Press 1980 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Abolitionism animal rights amp oldid 1137013239, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
