Tom Regan’s Followers (60)

Tom Regan

Born

November 28, 1938

Died

February 17, 2017

Website

http://tomregan.info/

Genre

Philosophy

edit data

Tom Regan was an American philosopher who specialized in animal rights theory. He was professor emeritus of philosophy at North Carolina State University, where he taught from 1967 until his retirement in 2001.

Regan was the author of numerous books on the philosophy of animal rights, including The Case for Animal Rights (1983), one of a handful of studies that have significantly influenced the modern animal rights movement. In these, he argued that non-human animals are what he calls the "subjects-of-a-life", just as humans are, and that, if we want to ascribe value to all human beings regardless of their ability to be rational agents, then to be consistent, we must similarly ascribe it to non-humans. ...more

Combine Editions
Tom Regan’s books

Average rating: 4.1 · 1,341 ratings · 105 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Case for Animal Rights 4.15 avg rating — 510 ratings — published 1983 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights by Tom Regan, Jeffery Moussaieff Masson (Foreword) 4.18 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Rights, Human Wrongs: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy 3.92 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defending Animal Rights 3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Rights and Human Obligations by Tom Regan, Peter Singer (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jaulas Vazias - Encarando o Desafio dos Direitos Animais 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Struggle for Animal Rights 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All That Dwell Therein 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earthbound: Introductory Essays in Environmental Essays 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Other Nations: Animals in Modern Literature by Tom Regan (Editor), Andrew Linzey 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Tom Regan…

Quotes by Tom Regan (?)

“To be 'for animals' is not to be 'against humanity.' To require others to treat animals justly, as their rights require, is not to ask for anything more nor less in their case than in the case of any human to whom just treatment is due. The animal rights movement is a part of, not opposed to, the human rights movement. Attempts to dismiss it as anti human are mere rhetoric.”
― Tom Regan, The Case for Animal Rights

tags: animal-rights, human-rights

63 likes

“Because we have viewed other animals through the myopic lens of our self-importance, we have misperceived who and what they are. Because we have repeated our ignorance, one to the other, we have mistaken it for knowledge.”
― Tom Regan

tags: animals, humans

17 likes

“How would we fare psychologically if the walls of slaughterhouses were made of glass?”
― Tom Regan, The Struggle for Animal Rights

tags: animal-rights, veganism, vegetarianism

3 likes

See all Tom Regan's quotes »

Polls

This is the first round poll for selecting the Club's first book to read. The top three books (or more, depending on ties and popularity) will be part of a second round poll which will be used to make the final selection.