Response to “The Problem of the Question About Animal Ethics” by Michal Piekarski

Author(s)

Mark Coeckelbergh, David J. Gunkel

Abstract

In this brief article we reply to Michal Piekarski’s response to our article ‘Facing Animals’ published previously in this journal. In our article we criticized the properties approach to defining the moral standing of animals, and in its place proposed a relational and other-oriented concept that is based on a transcendental and phenomenological perspective, mainly inspired by Heidegger, Levinas, and Derrida. In this reply we question and problematize Piekarski’s interpretation of our essay and critically evaluate “the ethics of commitment” that he offers as an alternative.

Organisation(s)

Department of Philosophy

External organisation(s)

Northern Illinois University

Journal

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volume

29

Pages

717–721

No. of pages

5

ISSN

1187-7863

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-016-9627-6

Publication date

08-2016

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

603103 Ethics

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Environmental Science, History, Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous), Environmental Chemistry

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/0c469e42-6200-4b4a-9a41-9785a2350917