Heidegger, the Law of Being, and Animal Protection Laws

• Published in: Ethics and the environment Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 61 - 82
• Main Author: Schalow, Frank
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Greenwich Indiana University Press 22.09.2015
• Subjects: Analysis; Animal care; Animal welfare; Animals; Cats; Concept of being; Environmental philosophy; Environmentalism; Ethics; Habitat conservation; Heidegger, Martin (1889-1976); Humans; Jurisdiction; Law; Laws, regulations and rules; Metaphysics; Methods; Morality; Nature; Philosophers; Wildlife conservation; Germany

For decades, Martin Heidegger's thinking has been appropriated as providing an ethical foundation either in support of positions of environmentalism or advocacy on behalf of animals. Yet, as is the case in many of these debates, the focus has been slanted toward the ethical or moral dimension,...