Oxford_Centre_for_Animal_Ethics
Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
UK animal ethics organisation
The Ferrater Mora Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics is an organisation based in Oxford which promotes animal ethics.
Ferrater Mora Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics | |
| Named after | José Ferrater Mora |
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| Formation | 2006; 18 years ago (2006) |
| Founder | Andrew Linzey |
| Purpose | Promotion of animal ethics |
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Director | Andrew Linzey |
Deputy Director | Clair Linzey |
| Website | www.oxfordanimalethics.com |
The centre was founded in Oxford in 2006 by Andrew Linzey, a member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford, though the centre is not affiliated with the university.[1] Other founding fellows were Ara Paul Barsam and Mark H. Bernstein.[2] The centre is named after the Catalan philosopher José Ferrater Mora (Catalan: Josep Ferrater i Mora).[1]
The centre held an International Conference on the Relationship between Animal Abuse and Human Violence at Keble College, Oxford, in 2007.[3]
The centre promotes ethical concern for animals through academic study and public debate, and aims to create a global association of academics willing to advance the ethical case for animals.[4] To that end, it publishes an academic journal, the Journal of Animal Ethics, jointly with the University of Illinois.[5] It has also established an animal ethics series with Palgrave MacMillan.[6]
Fellows include Robert Garner, Steven M. Wise and Martin Henig.[2] Honorary fellows include J. M. Coetzee, Joy Carter, Bob Barker and Philip Wollen.[7]
- Smith, Alexandra (27 November 2006). "Thinktank launched to debate animal ethics". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- Linzey, Andrew, ed. (2009). The Link Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence. Eastbourne: Sussex Academic Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-84519-324-9.
- Bingham, John (28 April 2011). "Calling animals 'pets' is insulting, academics claim". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series". Springer. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- "Honorary Fellows". Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- Linzey, Andrew and Clair Linzey (2014). "Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics". In Paul B. Thompson and David M. Kaplan (ed.). Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp. 1467–1470. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0929-4_366. ISBN 978-94-007-0928-7.