Abstract This chapter uses Kantianism for Animals creatively to develop an argument against eating dead animals. Received vegetarian arguments focus on the relation between meat and harm animals, running into difficulties like ‘causal impotence problem’, which discusses. enables that, because animals are moral patients, we have a duty self treat their bodies as morally important objects. derive...

Abstract This chapter illustrates how Kantianism for Animals can be used creatively by presenting a novel argument against animal use. Traditional ‘abolitionist’ arguments in ethics have focused on showing that use has objectionable consequences (such as disutility or rights violations) preconditions the property status of animals under law). enables another type moral criticism ends we ought t...

Despite D. Davidson’s influential criticism of the very notion of conceptual schemes, the notion continues enjoying its popularity in contemporary philosophy and, accordingly, conceptual relativism is still very much alive. There is one major reason responsible for Davidson’s failure which has not been widely recognized: What Davidson attacks fiercely is not the very notion, but a notion of con...