It is sometimes assumed that, in order for animals to be adequately protected by the legal
system, their status first needs to change from property to person in one fell swoop. Legal …

Animals are the unknown victims of armed conflict. They are regularly looted, slaughtered,
bombed or starved on a massive scale during such hostilities. Their preservation should …

Relational approaches are gaining more and more importance in philosophy of technology.
This brings up the critical question of how they can be implemented in applied ethics, law …

In civil law jurisdictions, plants have traditionally been classified as 'objects'(or 'things') under
private law, reflecting an age-old tendency, certainly in the Western world, to underestimate …

Legal persons have traditionally been understood as entities with legal rights and/or duties.
This traditional concept of legal personhood has been challenged during the last decades …

In the Netherlands, the law addressing animals is nowadays grounded upon the concept of
'intrinsic value'. This Chapter analyses the use and meaning of 'intrinsic value'in the …

Abstract Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes is the
key piece of legislation in the European Union (EU) in the field of animal experimentation. It …

La dignité de la créature est un concept juridique flou, mais non pas vide. Elle fixe un
programme ambitieux: le respect du vivant par une communauté humaine et une …

It is important to note that by recognizing some personal interests for AIs, humans would lose
some degree of freedom, and this effect should influence the whole conception of the …