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<p>Heumer and I debate animal rights, utilitarianism, libertarianism, morality and philosophy. We agree that suffering is a problem, and diverge, widely, on how to deal with it. I maintain that this author’s reputation as a libertarian, let alone an intellectual leader of this movement, is problematic. Why? That is because libertarianism, properly understood, is a theory of intra-human rights; this philosophy says nothing about right from an extra-human perspective, Heumer to the contrary notwithstanding. That is to say, he is improperly importing into the freedom philosophy considerations extraneous to it.</p>
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Heumer and I debate animal rights, utilitarianism, libertarianism, morality and philosophy. We agree that suffering is a problem, and diverge, widely, on how to deal with it. I maintain that this author’s reputation as a libertarian, let alone an intellectual leader of this movement, is problematic. Why? That is because libertarianism, properly understood, is a theory of intra-human rights; this philosophy says nothing about right from an extra-human perspective, Heumer to the contrary notwithstanding. That is to say, he is improperly importing into the freedom philosophy considerations extraneous to it.

Rejoinder to Huemer on Animal Rights

Studia Humana

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Heumer and I debate animal rights, utilitarianism, libertarianism, morality and philosophy. We agree that suffering is a problem, and diverge, widely, on how...

Rejoinder to Huemer on Animal Rights

Published Online: Nov 20, 2021

Page range: 66 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2021-0023

Keywords
vegetarianism, libertarianism, animal rights, utilitarianism

© 2021 Walter E. Block, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Rejoinder to Huemer on Animal Rights

Published Online: Nov 20, 2021

Page range: 66 - 77

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2021-0023

Keywordsvegetarianism, libertarianism, animal rights, utilitarianism

© 2021 Walter E. Block, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
vegetarianism, libertarianism, animal rights, utilitarianism