Depuis le début sur LTD, nous réfutons l’antispécisme au nom du véganisme, car nous avons toujours considéré que le véganisme c’était l’amour pour les animaux (et la Nature), tandis que l’antispécisme était une position moraliste de gens négatifs cherchant simplement à ne pas participer à des horreurs.
Nous avons également à travers cela considéré que le véganisme devait être populaire et créatif, et non pas bourgeois et un gagne-pain pour une carrière universitaire ou associative ou quoi que ce soit du genre. Voir des gens se mettant individuellement en avant « au nom des animaux » ces quinze dernières années a été l’une des pires choses qui soient, et d’ailleurs bien souvent ces gens ont disparu.
Ces précisions sont nécessaires pour comprendre le sens de la « Déclaration de Montréal sur l’exploitation animale » de début octobre 2022, écrite par des « philosophes » pour des « philosophes ». L’initiative part d’ailleurs du Canada avec le « Groupe de recherche en éthique environnementale et animale ».
Ces philosophes de différents pays, dont bon nombre sont très sympathiques certainement, font ici du lobbying avant toute autre chose ; ils se placent d’ailleurs sur le très long terme et ne veulent surtout pas bousculer les choses.
On ne veut pas forcément (au moins) l’ALF, mais enfin des gens qui s’installent bien confortablement dans la société, avec un bon salaire, une bonne reconnaissance sociale… tout en disant qu’ils font du bien à la société : c’est du même niveau que le capitalisme californien qui prétend avoir une utilité sociale de par son propre égoïsme.
L’état d’esprit est très révélateur, pour cette raison même. Ils ne disent pas qu’il ne faut pas tuer les animaux parce qu’il faut aimer la vie, mais qu’il ne faut pas les tuer, parce qu’il ne faut pas aimer la mort. En apparence, cela revient au même, en pratique cela n’a rien à voir, tant sur le plan des mentalités que de la culture, de la pratique.
Le sens de l’urgence s’en ressent justement et c’est un bon point de départ pour comprendre ça. Si vous aimez la vie, alors vous comprenez qu’on est dans l’urgence, que la Terre est attaquée, que l’humanité menant mal sa barque l’agresse, la meurtrit. Si vous n’aimez pas la mort, vous vous contenterez de dire qu’on peut mieux faire, qu’on doit mieux faire… mais du point de vue anthropocentrique.
En vérité c’est le fond de la question : soit l’humanité se soumet à Gaïa, soit elle continue de s’imaginer un « empire dans un empire » et elle court à la catastrophe. Les philosophes ne veulent pas que l’humanité se soumettent, ou plutôt beaucoup certainement le voudraient, mais ils ne pensent pas que cela soit possible, alors ils se retournent en son contraire.
Il y a tellement de gens qui voient leur démarche se retourner en leur contraire de par leur incapacité à affronter de manière à la fois rationnelle et sensible la question des animaux, car ils ne partent pas de la seule réalité : la Nature !
Déclaration de Montréal sur l’exploitation animale
Nous sommes des chercheurs et des chercheuses en philosophie morale et politique. Nos travaux s’inscrivent dans des traditions philosophiques diverses et nous sommes rarement tous du même avis. Nous nous accordons toutefois quant à la nécessité de transformer en profondeur nos relations avec les autres animaux. Nous condamnons l’ensemble des pratiques qui supposent de traiter les animaux comme des choses ou des marchandises.
Dans la mesure où elle implique des violences et des dommages non nécessaires, nous déclarons que l’exploitation animale est injuste et moralement indéfendable.
En éthologie et en neurobiologie, il est bien établi que les mammifères, les oiseaux, les poissons et de nombreux invertébrés sont sentients, c’est-à-dire capables de ressentir du plaisir, de la douleur et des émotions. Ces animaux sont des sujets conscients ; ils ont leur propre point de vue sur le monde qui les entoure.
Il s’ensuit qu’ils ont des intérêts : nos comportements affectent leur bien-être et sont susceptibles de leur faire du bien ou du mal. Lorsque nous blessons un chien ou un cochon, lorsque nous maintenons en captivité un poulet ou un saumon, lorsque nous tuons un veau pour sa chair ou un vison pour sa peau, nous contrevenons gravement à ses intérêts les plus fondamentaux.
Pourtant, tous ces dommages pourraient être évités. Il est évidemment possible de s’abstenir de porter du cuir, d’assister à des corridas et des rodéos, ou de montrer aux enfants des lions enfermés dans des parcs zoologiques.
La plupart d’entre nous pouvons d’ores et déjà nous passer d’aliments d’origine animale tout en restant en bonne santé et le développement futur d’une économie végane rendra cela plus facile encore. D’un point de vue politique et institutionnel, il est possible de cesser de voir les animaux comme de simples ressources à notre disposition.
Le fait que ces individus ne soient pas membres de l’espèce Homo sapiens n’y change rien : s’il semble naturel de penser que les intérêts des animaux comptent moins que les intérêts comparables des êtres humains, cette intuition spéciste ne résiste pas à un examen attentif. Toutes choses égales par ailleurs, l’appartenance à un groupe biologique (qu’il soit délimité par l’espèce, la couleur de peau ou le sexe) ne peut justifier des inégalités de considération ou de traitement.
Il existe des différences entre les êtres humains et les autres animaux, tout comme il en existe entre les individus au sein des espèces. Certaines capacités cognitives sophistiquées donnent certes lieu à des intérêts particuliers, qui peuvent à leur tour justifier des traitements particuliers. Mais les capacités d’un individu à composer des symphonies, à faire des calculs mathématiques avancés ou à se projeter dans un avenir lointain, aussi admirables soient-elles, n’affectent pas la considération due à son intérêt à ressentir du plaisir et à ne pas souffrir.
Les intérêts des plus intelligents parmi nous n’importent pas davantage que les intérêts équivalents de ceux qui le sont moins. Soutenir l’inverse reviendrait à hiérarchiser les individus en fonction d’une faculté n’ayant aucune pertinence morale. Une telle attitude capacitiste serait moralement indéfendable.
Il est en somme difficile d’échapper à cette conclusion : parce que l’exploitation animale nuit aux animaux sans nécessité, elle est foncièrement injuste. Il est donc essentiel d’œuvrer à sa disparition, en visant notamment la fermeture des abattoirs, l’interdiction de la pêche et le développement d’une agriculture végétale.
Nous ne nous faisons pas d’illusions ; un tel projet ne sera pas réalisé à court terme. Il requiert en particulier de renoncer à des habitudes spécistes bien ancrées et de transformer en profondeur certaines de nos institutions. La fin de l’exploitation animale nous apparaît toutefois comme l’unique horizon collectif à la fois réaliste et juste pour les non-humains.
- Elisa Aaltola, Senior Research Fellow, University of Turku, Finland
- Cheryl Abbate, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Ralph Acampora, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Hofstra University
- Carol Adams, Author, The Sexual Politics of Meat, Independent scholar
- Karim Akerma, Doctor, Independant
- Frauke Albersmeier, Researcher in Animal Ethics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
- Sandra Alexander, Assistant Professor of Humanities, American University in Dubai
- Michael Allen, Professor, East Tennessee State University
- Ozan Altan Altinok, Post Doctoral Researcher in Philosophy and Ethics of Science in Practice, Center for Ethics and Law in Life Sciences, Leibniz University of Hannover
- Bertha Alvarez Manninen, Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University
- Carlo Alvaro, Associate Professor of Philosophy, CUNY
- Mahesh Ananth, Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University
- Dave Anctil, Chercheur en technophilosophie, Observatoire internationale sur l’IA et le numérique (OBVIA, Université de Laval)
- Jacy Reese Anthis, Sociologist, co-founder of the Sentience Institute, Sentience Institute
- Françoise Armengaud, Docteur en philosophie, Ex-Maître de conférences Université de Paris-Ouest-Nanterre
- Michael Ashooh, Lecturer, University of Vermont
- Nikolaos Asproulis, Academic Associate, Volos Academy for Theological Studies, Greece
- Peter Atterton, Professor of Philosophy, San Diego State University
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- Anne Baril, Lecturer in Philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis
- Jeremy Barris, Professor in Philosophy, Marshall University
- Robert Bass, Adjunct Full Professor, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- Piers Beirne, Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies and Author, University of Southern Maine, USA
- Sofia Belardinelli, PhD Student in Environmental Ethics, University of Naples Federico II
- Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Professor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University
- Amélie Benedikt, Professor in Ethics, Texas State University
- Rod Bennison, Independent Scholar, Chair and Founder Minding Animals International
- Paige Benton, Researcher in AI Ethics and Moral and Political Philosophy, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Brian Berkey, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
- John Berkman, Professor of Moral Theology, Regis College, University of Toronto
- Justin Bernstein, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Asha Bhandary, Political Philosopher / Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa
- Faith Bjalobok, Professor of Philosophy, Duquesne University
- Charlotte Blattner, Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Institute for Public Law, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Olle Blomberg, Researcher in practical Philosophy, University of Gothenburg
- Chris Bobonich, CI Lewis Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University
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- Julia Borcherding, Associate Professor, University of Cambridge
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- Mylène Botbol-Baum, Professeure de philosophie et de bioéthique, Université catholique de Louvain
- Chiara Bottici, Associate Professor in Philosophy, The New School
- Michel Bourban, Chercheur en éthique et philosophie politique, University of Warwick
- Bernice Bovenkerk, Associate Professor of Animal and Environmental Ethics, Wageningen University
- Philip Brey, Full Professor in Philosophy and Ethics of Technology, University of Twente
- Nicole Broadbent, Researcher on wildlife Ethics and conservation, University of Johannesburg
- David G. Brooks, Associate Professor (Honorary), University of Sydney
- Teya Brooks Pribac, Researcher in Animal Subjectivity, Independent
- Huub Brouwer, Assistant Professor of Ethics and Political Philosophy, Tilburg University
- Etienne Brown, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, San Jose State University
- Heather Browning, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Southampton
- Florence Burgat, Directrice de recherche, Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement, France
- Nick Byrd, Philosopher and Scientist, Stevens Institute of Technology
- Philip Cafaro, Professor of Philosophy, Colorado State University
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- Douglas Campbell, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Researcher of Human Altruism, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Silvia Caprioglio Panizza, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Researcher in Ethics, University of Pardubice
- Adam Cardilini, Lecturer in Environmental Science, Deakin University
- Erik Carlson, Professor in practical Philosophy, Uppsala University
- Petra Carlsson Redell, Professor, Stockholm School of Theology
- Paula Casal, Full Professor, ICREA and Pompeu Fabra University
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- Amandine Catala, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
- Lucius Caviola, Researcher in Moral Psychology, Harvard University
- Jonathan Chen, Instructor in Ethics/Philosophy, Sacramento State University
- Andrew Chignell, Professor in Human Values, Philosophy, and Religion, Princeton University
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- Chris Ciocchetti, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Centenary College of Louisiana
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- Stephen R.L. Clark, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Liverpool
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- Mara-Daria Cojocaru, Doctor in Philosophy, Munich School of Philosophy
- Peter Cole, Associate Professor Indigenous and Ecojustice Education, University of British Columbia
- Raffaella Colombo, Researcher in Moral Philosophy, Università degli Studi di Milano
- Gary Comstock, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, North Carolina State University
- Sophia Connell, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London
- Steve Cooke, Associate Professor of Political Theory, University of Leicester
- Guillaume Coqui, Maître de conférences en philosophie moderne et contemporaine, Université de Bourgogne
- Raymond Corbey, Professor of Philosophy of Science and Anthropology, Leiden University
- Frédéric Côté-Boudreau, Enseignant en philosophie au collégial, Collège de Maisonneuve
- Jackson Coy, Philosopher, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Alice Crary, University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research
- Simon Cushing, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan-Flint
- Jennifer Daigle, PhD Candidate in Philosophy, Yale University
- Anya Daly, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics, University of Tasmania
- Emilie Dardenne, Maîtresse de conférences en études anglophones et animal studies, Université Rennes 2
- Ben Davies, Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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- Brenda De Groot, Researcher in Primatology and Critical Animal Studies, Leiden University
- David DeGrazia, Elton Professor of Philosophy, George Washington University
- Konstantin Deininger, Doctoral Candidate in Animal Ethics and Moral Philosophy, University of Vienna
- Nicolas Delon, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies, New College of Florida
- Lara Denis, Professor of Philosophy, Agnes Scott College
- Tristan Derham, Associate Researcher, University of Tasmania
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- Annalisa Di Mauro, Research Fellow in Moral Philosophy, University of Genoa and member of EtApp (Laboratory for Applied Ethics Research)
- Jonathan H. Dickstein, Assistant Professor in Religion, Carleton College
- Paulette Dieterlen, Researcher at Institute on Philosophical Research, National University of Mexico
- Peter Dietsch, Professeur, University of Victoria
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- Vitor Manuel Dinis Pereira, Researcher, LanCog, Centre of Philosophy, University of Lisbon
- Tyler Doggett, Professor of Philosophy, University of Vermont
- Daniel A. Dombrowski, Professor of Philosophy, Seattle University
- Brianne Donaldson, Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine
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- Jan Dutkiewicz, Postdoctoral Fellow, Swiss National Science Foundation
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- Rainer Ebert, International Research Associate, University of Dar es Salaam
- William Edelglass, Moral Philosophy, Emerson College and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
- Mylan Engel Jr, Professor of Philosophy, Northern Illinois University
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- Diego Exposito, PhD Candidate in Moral and Political Philosophy, The University of Sheffield
- Catia Faria, Assistant Professor / Researcher in Animal Ethics, Complutense University of Madrid
- Manuel Fasko, Researcher in History of Philosophy, University Basel
- Luc Faucher, Professeur, département de philosophie, Université du Québec à Montréal
- Andrew Fenton, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dalhousie University
- Giuseppe Feola, Researcher in History of Ancient Philosophy and Science, University D’Annunzio, Italy
- Laura Fernández, PhD in Communication, researcher in Critical Animal Studies, Centre for Animal Ethics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
- Juan Antonio Fernández Manzano, Researcher in Political Philosophy, Complutense University of Madrid
- Estelle Ferrarese, Professeure de philosophie morale et politique, Université de Picardie-Jules Verne
- Arianna Ferrari, Senior Researcher, Independent scholar
- Andrew Fiala, Professor of Philosophy, California State University, Fresno
- Carrie Figdor, Professor, University of Iowa
- Iskra Fileva, Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Sascha Benjamin Fink, Junior Professor for NeuroPhilosophy, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
- Stephen Finlay, Professor of Moral Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
- Bob Fischer, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Texas State University
- Corrado Fizzarotti, Researcher in Environmental Ethics, National Research Council of Italy
- Will Fleisher, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University
- Leticia Flores Farfán, Researcher, National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Lisa Forsberg, Research Fellow, University of Oxford
- Björn Freter, Lecturer, SOAS University of London
- Katy Fulfer, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Gender & Social Justice, researcher in bioEthics and animal Ethics, University of Waterloo
- Elisa Galgut, Philosophy Professor, University of Cape Town
- Dmitri Gallow, Senior Research Fellow, Dianoia Institute of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
- Harold Gamble, Emeritus Philosophy Teacher, Colorado State University
- Andrea Gammon, Assistant Professor, Ethics & Philosophy of Technology, TU Delft
- Molly Gardner, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Florida
- Gabriel Garmendia Da Trindade, Lecturer in Philosophy, Federal Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS, campus Ibirubá)
- Aaron Garrett, Professor of Philosophy, Boston University
- Léon Gatien, Chercheur en éthique animale et philosophie décoloniale, Université de Sherbrooke
- Benjamin Ghasemi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Colorado State University
- Martin Gibert, Chercheur en éthique de l’IA, Université de Montréal
- William Gildea, Researcher in Philosophy, University of Warwick
- Sven Gins, PhD Researcher, University of Groningen
- William-Philippe Girard, PhD Student, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Valéry Giroux, Chercheuse en éthique animale, Université de Montréal
- Ian Gold, Professor of Philosophy, McGill University
- Anahí Gabriela González, Doctora en Filosofía, Profesora Titular de Ética, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto Latinoamericano de Estudios Críticos Animales
- John Goris, PhD Candidate in Animal Ethics, Macquarie University
- Jennifer Greenwood, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Queensland
- Lori Gruen, William Griffin Professor of Philosophy/Coordinator of Wesleyan Animal Studies, Wesleyan University
- Allen Habib, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Calgary
- John Hadley, Senior Lecturer, Western Sydney University
- Thilo Hagendorff, Researcher in AI Ethics, University of Tübingen
- Simon Hailwood, Professor of Philosophy, University of Liverpool
- Ishtiyaque Haji, Professor of Philosophy, University of Calgary
- Austen Hall, PhD Candidate, Yale University
- Matthew C. Halteman, Professor of Philosophy, Calvin University
- Naïma Hamrouni, Professeure en philosophie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Étienne Harnad, Professeur de psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal
- Gerald Harrison, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Massey University
- Victoria Harrison, Full Professor and Head of Department, University of Macau
- Ronnie Hawkins, Environmental philosopher, University of Central Florida (retired)
- Richard Healey, Associate Lecturer, University College London
- Yogi Hendlin, Assistant Professor of Environmental Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Blake Hereth, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- Alejandro Herrera, Researcher in Animal and Environmental Ethics (retired), National University of Mexico
- Claudia Hogg-Blake, Humanities Teaching Fellow, University of Chicago
- Benjamin Hole, Contingent Faculty, Pacific University
- Daniel Hooley, Doctor, Capilano University
- Kai Horsthemke, Professor and Researcher in Animal Ethics and Animal Rights Education, University of the Witwatersrand
- Oscar Horta, Faculty of Philosophy, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
- Chris Howard, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, McGill University
- Michael Huemer, Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado
- Rebekah Humphreys, Specialist in animal Ethics, University of Wales Trinity St David
- James Humphries, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Glasgow
- Mark Hunyadi, Professeur de philosophie morale et politique, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique
- Ramona Ilea, Professor of Philosophy & Department Chair, Pacific University
- Patricia Illingworth, Professor, Northeastern University
- David Ingram, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago
- Ruth Irwin, Professor of Education, RMIT University, Melbourne
- Alison M. Jaggar, Professor Emerita, Philosophy and Women & Gender Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder
- Pankaj Jain, Professor, FLAME University
- Simon James, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Durham University
- Andrew Jampol-Petzinger, Visiting Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University
- François Jaquet, Lecturer in Philosophy, Université de Strasbourg
- Anja Jauernig, Professor of Philosophy, New York University
- Kathie Jenni, Professor of Philosophy, University of Redlands
- Sofia M. I. Jeppsson, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Umeå University, Sweden
- Diane Jeske, Professor of Philosophy, University of Iowa
- Alexander Jeuk, Independent author and researcher,
- Kyle Johannsen, Philosophy Instructor, Trent University
- Jane Johnson, Field philosopher, Macquarie University
- L Syd Johnson, Associate Professor, SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Drew Johnson, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oslo
- Robert Jones, Associate Professor of Philosophy, California State University
- Jeff Jordan, Professor of Philosophy, University of Delaware
- Hrvoje Juric, Full Professor of Ethics and BioEthics, University of Zagreb
- Richard Kahn, Core Faculty in Education, Ed.D. in Educational and Professional Practice, Antioch University
- Gerasimos Kakoliris, Associate Professor in Contemporary Continental Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Julius Kapembwa, Lecturer in Philosophy and Applied Ethics, University of Zambia
- Bhanuraj Kashyap, PhD Candidate, Macquarie University
- Joel Kassiola, Professor of Political Science, San Francisco State University
- Tristan Katz, Researcher in Animal and Environmental Ethics, University of Fribourg
- Jason Kawall, Carl Benton Straub ’58 Endowed Chair in Culture and the Environment, Colgate University
- Lisa Kemmerer, Professor Emeritus, Montana State University ; Tapestry
- Jozef Keulartz, Emeritus Professor Environmental Philosophy, Radboud University
- David Killoren, Assistant Professor, Koc University
- Roland Kipke, Researcher in Ethics and Political Philosophy, Bielefeld University
- Philip Kitcher, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Columbia University
- Andrew Knight, Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics, University of Winchester
- Daniel Z. Korman, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Magdalena Kozhevnikova, Researcher in Animal Ethics, Warsaw University
- Visa A. J. Kurki, Associate Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Helsinki
- Olena Kushyna, PhD Student in Ethics, Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, University of Pardubice
- Oskari Kuusela, Associate Professor in Philosophy, University of East Anglia
- Mickaël Labbé, Maître de Conférences en Esthétique et Philosophie de l’Art, Université de Strasbourg
- Bernd Ladwig, Professor for Political Theory and Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin
- Hugh LaFollette, Emeritus Cole Chair in Ethics and Professor of Philosophy, University of South Florida
- Arto Laitinen, Professor of Social Philosophy, Tampere University
- Andy Lamey, Associate Teaching Professor, University of California, San Diego
- Igor Larionov, Associate Professor, Philosophical Sciences, PhD, Head of Philosophical Anthropology Department, Saint Petersburg State University
- Renan Larue, Professeur de littérature, Université de Californie à Santa Barbara
- Noa Latham, Associate Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Calgary
- Megan Jane Laverty, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
- Andrew Lee, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian National University
- Jonathan Leighton, Author, Ethicist and Executive Director of the Organisation for the Prevention of Intense Suffering (OPIS)
- Ana Leite, Associate Professor in Social and Organisational Psychology, Durham University
- Noa Levin, Researcher in Political Philosophy, Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin
- Abigail Levin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Niagara University
- Neil Levy, Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University
- Fabiola Leyton Donoso, Researcher in BioEthics, University of Barcelona
- Patrick Lin, Professor of Philosophy, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- Erich Linder, PhD Candidate in Animal Ethics, University of Vienna
- Andrew Linzey, The Revd Professor, Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
- Clair Linzey, Deputy Director, Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
- David Lockwood, Researcher in Moral Philosophy, Cardiff University
- Farhana Loonat, Department Chair, Political Science and Philosophy, Skagit Valley College
- Mianna Lotz, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- Michael Loughlin, Professor of Applied Philosophy, University of West London
- Hilda Nely Lucano Ramírez, Professor and Researcher in Animal Ethics and Law, Universidad de Guadalajara
- Simon Lumsden, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Joe Lynch, Professor of Philosophy, California Polytechnic State University
- David Lyreskog, Researcher in NeuroEthics, University of Oxford
- Joel MacClellan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University New Orleans
- Colin Macleod, Professor, University of Victoria
- Jocelyn Maclure, Professeur de philosophie, McGill University
- Els Maeckelberghe, Associate Professor of Medical Ethics, University Medical Center Groningen
- Pablo Magaña, PhD Student, Pompeu Fabra University
- Filip Maj, Lecturer, Macquarie University
- Elodie Malbois, Postdoctoral Researcher, Université de Genève
- Alejandra Mancilla, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oslo
- Moya Mapps, PhD Candidate, Yale Department of Philosophy
- Joel Marks, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of New Haven
- Angela Martin, Professeure assistante en éthique, Université de Bâle
- Alma Massaro, Lecturer in Animal Ethics, Genoa University
- Jeffrey M. Masson, Professor and Writer on animal emotions, University of Auckland
- Bruce Maxwell, Researcher in education, University of Montreal
- Joseph-Marie Mbonda, Professeur et chercheur en éthique, Université des Montagnes, Bangangté, Cameroun
- Joan McGregor, Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University
- Leemon McHenry, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Northridge
- Erin McKenna, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oregon
- Jeff McMahan, Sekyra and White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford
- Tristram McPherson, Professor of Philosophy, The Ohio State University
- Eva Meijer, Researcher in Political Philosophy, University of Amsterdam
- Garret Merriam, Associate Professor of Philosophy, California State University, Sacramento
- Debra Merskin, Professor, University of Oregon
- Heidi Mertes, Associate Professor in Medical Ethics, Ghent University
- Thaddeus Metz, Professor of Philosophy, University of Pretoria
- Letitia Meynell, Professor of Philosophy and Gender and Women’s Studies, Dalhousie University
- Ricardo Miguel, Researcher in Animal Ethics, University of Lisbon
- Emilian Mihailov, Researcher in Applied Ethics, University of Bucharest
- Josh Milburn, Lecturer in Political Philosophy and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Loughborough University
- Becky Millar, Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy, University of York
- Kristie Miller, Professor, The University of Sydney
- Mayahuel Mojarro, PhD student, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Susana Monsó, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
- Macarena Montes, Researcher in Animal Ethics and Law, Pompeu Fabra University
- Nicolae Morar, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, University of Oregon
- Alexander Morgan, Assistant Professor, Rice University
- Jeffrey Morgan, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of the Fraser Valley
- Brandon Morgan-Olsen, Advanced Lecturer in Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago
- Nicola Mulkeen, Lecturer in Political Philosophy, Newcastle University
- Nico Dario Müller, Postdoctoral Researcher in Ethics, University of Basel
- Hichem Naar, Researcher in Philosophy, University of Duisburg-Essen
- Carlos Naconecy, Researcher in Animal Ethics, Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
- Christian Nadeau, Professeur en philosophie politique, Université de Montréal
- Yamikani Ndasauka, Doctor, University of Malawi
- Christina Nellist, President of Pan Orthodox Concern for Animals Charity, Fellow of Ferrater Mora Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, Oxford UK
- Nathan Nobis, Professor of Philosophy, Morehouse College
- John Nolt, Professor Emeritus, Logic and Environmental Ethics, University of Tennessee
- Alastair Norcross, Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder
- Christopher Norris, Professor of Philosophy, Cardiff University
- Howard Nye, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alberta
- Gary David O’Brien, DPhil Student in Philosophy, University of Oxford
- Tim Oakley, Researcher in Ethics, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
- Tzofit Ofengenden, Doctor, Tulane University
- Markku Oksanen, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Eastern Finland
- Gustavo Ortiz Millan, Researcher in animal Ethics, National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Maude Ouellette-Dube, Researcher in Ethics and Animal Ethics, University of Fribourg
- Christine Overall, Professor Emerita of Philosophy and University Research Chair, Queen’s University at Kingston
- Ibrahim Ozdemir, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, President of Forum on Environmental Ethics, Uskudar University, Turkey
- Burkay Ozturk, Senior Lecturer of Philosophy, Texas State University
- Eze Paez, Beatriu de Pinós Postdoctoral Fellow, Pompeu Fabra University
- Patricia Palulis, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa
- Eleni Panagiotarakou, Researcher, Concordia University
- Juliette Parada Rincón, Research in Animal Ethics, Universidad Santo Tomás, Colombia
- Stephen Pattison, Emeritus Professor of Religion, Ethics and Practice, University of Birmingham
- Wouter Peeters, Associate Professor of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham, UK
- Corine Pelluchon, Professeur de philosophie, Université Gustave Eiffel
- David Pena-Guzman, Associate Professor, SFSU
- Angie Pepper, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Roehampton
- Eoin Perry, PhD Student in Philosophy of Science, University of Bristol
- Erik Persson, Researcher in applied Ethics, Lund University
- Ingmar Persson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Gothenburg
- Keith Peterson, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Colby College
- Glen Pettigrove, Chair of Moral Philosophy, University of Glasgow
- Silvina Pezzetta, Researcher in Animal Law and Animal Ethics, CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires
- Benedetta Piazzesi, Chercheuse en histoire et philosophie des sciences de la vie, CRH (EHESS, Paris)
- Alexis Piquemal, Enseignant, Lycée Gustave Eiffel et Université de Bourgogne
- Arina Pismenny, Associate Instructional Professor in Philosophy, University of Florida
- Nigel Pleasants, Senior lecturer in Philosophy and Sociology, University of Exeter
- Simone Pollo, Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy, Sapienza University of Rome
- Veronica Ponce, Philosophy teacher, Marianopolis College, Canada
- Elliot Porter, Lecturer in Bioethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
- Constantinos Proimos, Doctor of Philosophy and Assistant Professor of History and Theory of Architecture, University of Patras, Greece
- Evangelos Protopapadakis, Associate Professor in Applied Ethics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Joëlle Proust, Directrice de recherche émérite au CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris
- Alicia Puleo, Senior Lecturer in Moral and Political Philosophy, University of Valladolid
- Stephen Puryear, Associate Professor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University
- Pierre-Yves Quiviger, Professeur de philosophie du droit, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Ana Cristina Ramirez Barreto, Researcher in BioEthics, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
- Shyam Ranganathan, Faculty member, Department of Philosophy, and York Centre for Asian Research, York University
- Vardit Ravitsky, Professor, University of Montreal
- Hili Razinsky, Researcher, LanCog, Centre of Philosophy, University of Lisbon
- Paul Redding, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
- Amy Reed-Sandoval, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Philippe Reigné, Agrégé des facultés de droit, professeur titulaire de chaire, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
- Tim Reijsoo, Philosopher, University of Amsterdam
- Kurt Remele, Professor Emeritus in Ethics, University of Graz
- Hannah Rheinz, Dr. Phil., Psychologist, Animal Ethicist, Independant
- Samuel Rickless, Professor of Philosophy, University of California San Diego
- Eduardo Rincón Higuera, Investigador en temas de Éticas Interespecie, Éticas Ecológicas y Ecosofías, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Raffaele Rodogno, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Aarhus University
- Luke Roelofs, Researcher in Philosophy, New York University
- Chandler Rogers, Instructor, Boston College
- Wendy Rogers, Distinguished Professor in Clinical Ethics, Macquarie University, Sydney
- Simon Rosenqvist, Researcher in applied Ethics, Department of Global Political Studies, Malmö University
- Mark Rowlands, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy, University of Miami
- Alain Roy, Professeur titulaire, Faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal
- Ricardo Rozzi, Professor in Environmental Ethics and Biocultural Conservation, Subantarctic Biocultural Conservation Program, Dep. Philosophy and Religion & Dep of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, USA & Universidad de Magallanes, Chile
- Emma Ruttkamp, Professor of Philosophy, researcher in AI Ethics, University of Pretoria & Centre for AI Research
- Richard Ryder, PhD, Ex Cambridge, UK
- Benjamin Sachs-Cobbe, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of St. Andrews
- John Sanbonmatsu, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Steve Sapontzis, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, California State University, East Bay
- Işık Sarıhan, Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy, Independent
- Sahotra Sarkar, Professor of Philosophy and Integrative Biology, University of Texas
- Carl Saucier-Bouffard, Professeur,
- Hanno Sauer, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Utrecht University
- Lara Scaglia, Researcher in History of Philosophy and Ethics, Warsaw University
- Frank Schalow, Professor of Philosophy, University of New Orleans
- Anders Schinkel, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Andreas Schmidt, Associate Professor in Political Philosophy, University of Groningen
- Sebastian Schmidt, Postdoctoral researcher in Epistemology, University of Zurich
- Friederike Schmitz, Philosopher in Animal Ethics, Independent scholar
- Miriam Schoenfield, Associate Professor Philosophy, University of Texas
- Vanessa Scholes, Applied philosopher and learning designer, Open Polytechnic Kuratini Tuwhera
- Udo Schüklenk, Professor and Ontario Research Chair in BioEthics, Queen’s University
- Marcus Schultz-Bergin, Assistant College Lecturer in Philosophy, Cleveland State University
- Lucia Schwarz, Teaching Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Jeff Sebo, Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Professor of BioEthics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, and Law, and Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program, New York University
- Jérôme Segal, Maître de conférences en histoire et philosophie des sciences, Sorbonne Université, Paris
- Dunja Šešelja, Professor, Ruhr University Bochum
- Hilal Sezgin, Researcher in Animal Ethics, Lueneburg, Germany
- Steven Shakespeare, Professor of Continental Philosophy of Religion, Liverpool Hope University
- Hasana Sharp, Associate Professor of Philosophy, McGill University
- Yonatan Shemmer, Doctor, University of Sheffield
- Minna Shkul, Senior University Teacher in Feminist and Queer Studies, University of Sheffield
- Eli Shupe, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas at Arlington
- Vlasta Sikimić, Researcher and Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Tübingen
- Mona Simion, Professor of Philosophy, University of Glasgow
- Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert, Doctorante en philosophie, University of Oxford
- Peter Singer, Professor of BioEthics, Princeton University
- Doran Smolkin, Doctor of Philosophy, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
- Diana Soeira, Researcher in Philosophy & Economics and Public Policy, ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
- Ayhan Sol, Professor, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
- John Sorenson, Professor, Brock University
- Friderike Spang, Senior Researcher in Political Theory, University of Lausanne
- Simon Springer, Professor of Human Geography, University of Newcastle
- Susanne Sreedhar, Professor of Philosophy, Boston University
- Gary Steiner, Professor of Philosophy emeritus, Bucknell University
- Christian Straßer, Professor, Ruhr University Bochum
- Robert Streiffer, Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Alison Suen, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Iona University
- David Svolba, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Fitchburg State University
- Swart, Researcher, University of Groningen
- Zeynep Talay Turner, Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University
- Agnes Tam, Assistant Professor in Philosophy, University of Calgary
- Robert Tappan, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Towson University
- Christine Tappolet, Professeure, Université de Montréal
- Aleksy Tarasenko-Struc, Clinical Ethics Fellow, Alden March BioEthics Institute, Albany Medical College
- Angus Taylor, PhD, retired, University of Victoria
- Larry Temkin, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University
- Camille Ternier, Chercheuse postdoctorale en philosophie politique et économique, Université de Montréal, Centre de recherche en éthique de Montréal
- Areti Theofilopoulou, Researcher Fellow, Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- Evan Thomas, Researcher in Ethics, Ohio State University
- Natalie Thomas, Adjunct Faculty, Philosophy and Fellow, Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, University of Guelph
- Kramer Thompson, PhD Candidate, The Australian National University
- Travis Timmerman, Associate Professor, and Chair of the Philosophy Department, Seton Hall University
- Oxana Timofeeva, Professor in Philosophy, European University at St. Petersburg
- Inken Titz, Researcher in AI Ethics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- Zorana Todorovic, Researcher in Animal Studies, University of Belgrade
- Fiorella Tomassini, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Groningen
- Mikel Torres, Adjunct Lecturer, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
- Ioannis Trisokkas, Assistant Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Jens Tuider, Ethicist, Independent
- Joseph Tuminello, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, McNeese State University
- Carla Turner, Philosopher of animal Ethics, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Gabriela Tymowski, Researcher in Animal Ethics, University of New Brunswick
- Peter Unger, Professor of Philosophy, New York University
- Peter Vallentyne, Professor, University of Missouri
- Kenneth Valpey, Researcher in Animal Ethics, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
- Emnée Van Den Brandeler, PhD Candidate, University of Basel
- Willem van der Deijl, Assistant Professor, Tilburg University
- Marie Van Loon, Research in epistemology, University of Zurich
- Pekka Vayrynen, Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Leeds
- Angélica Velasco, Senior Lecturer in Moral and Political Philosophy, University of Valladolid, Spain
- Samantha Vice, Distinguished Professor in Philosophy, University of the Witwatersrand
- Elly Vintiadis, Associate Lecturer in Philosophy, The American College of Greece
- Tatjana Višak, Researcher Animal Ethics, University of Mannheim
- Kristin Voigt, Associate Professor, McGill University
- Ilias Voiron, PhD Student in Philosophy and Environmental Humanities, Jean-Moulin Lyon 3 University & University of Fribourg
- Rose Mary Volbrecht, Professor of Ethics Emeritus, Gonzaga University
- Anabel von der Osten-Sacken, PhD Student in Animal Studies, Universität Hamburg
- Kocku Von Stuckrad, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Groningen
- Kirstin Waldkoenig, Doctoral Student and Environmental Ethicist, University of Oregon
- Lisa Warden, Researcher, Animals & Society Research Initiative, University of Victoria
- Kari Weil, Professeur de Lettres, Wesleyan University
- Jennifer Welchman, Professor of Philosophy, University of Alberta
- Daniel Weltman, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Ashoka University, India
- Michelle Westerlaken, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge (UK)
- Monique Whitaker, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of KwaZulu-Natal
- Markus Wild, Professor of Philosophy, University of Basel
- Cynthia Willett, Professor, Emory University
- Sean Winkler, Lecturer of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University/University of Redlands
- Jason M. Wirth, Professor of Philosophy, Seattle University
- Matthew Wiseman, PhD Student, University of Southern California
- Daniel Wodak, Associate Professor of Philosophy and of Law, University of Pennsylvania
- Alex Wolf-Root, Visiting Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
- Matthew Wray Perry, PhD Student in Animal Rights, The University of Manchester
- Laura Wright, Professor of English & Founder of the field of Vegan Studies, Western Carolina University
- Ewa Wyrębska-Đermanović, Researcher in Political Philosophy, University of Bonn
- Roger Yates, Lecturer in Sociology, University College of Dublin
- Jay Zameska, Junior Research Fellow, University of Tartu, Estonia
- Tzachi Zamir, Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Sarah Zanaz, Doctorante en philosophie, Université de Strasbourg
- Miriam A. Zemanova, Research Associate, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Rafael Ziegler, Associate Professor, HEC Montréal
- Anna C. Zielinska, Maîtresse de conférences en philosophie morale, juridique et politique, Université de Lorraine à Nancy