Problem praw moralnych bytów pozaludzkich

Abstract

Non-human entities exist on the border of moral concepts. Some philosophers and ethicists give them a strong moral status, while others deny them any kind of moral status at all. This disparity of views gives rise to a philosophical question: what place should animals have in an acceptable moral system? The question of moral rights of non-human entities is an issue present in philosophy from its beginning. This article does not aim at providing the answer to it but intends to present various ideas on that issue.