Abstract:
: In recent years, there have been a remarkable number of views and opinions which have reignited the discussions on environmental ethics in regarding the issue of animal rights but notable among them are- the moral value of human beings and animals, and the moral relationship between them. In terms of this relationship, the discourse of environmental ethics is divided into two streams- anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric. The first one discusses about human superiority and the use of several elements of environment in human needs, whereas the other one deals with the matter of moral consideration of non-human beings. However, there's a debate as to whether the animals exist in the environment have moral value or morality cannot be imposed on them. So, this article will address the point of moral value of non-human beings from the perspective of philosophy.
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