The Basis for an Amicus Brief for ‘Happy’ the Captive Elephant
Theology That Drives One to Animal Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21688065 |
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| Authors | Andrew Linzey (The Revd Professor Andrew Linzey and Dr Clair Linzey direct the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics.), Clair Linzey (The Revd Professor Andrew Linzey and Dr Clair Linzey direct the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics.) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 244-253 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-14 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Believing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1353-1425 • E-ISSN: 2053-633X |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/mb.2023.17 |
| OpenAlex | W4380609159 |
| Language | EN |
Based on an Amicus Brief (a legal document submitted to the court relating to a case brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project on behalf of Happy the Elephant), this paper holds that the treatment of Happy the captive elephant is contrary to Christian ethics and the teaching of the Anglican/Episcopal Church. Seven considerations are enumerated concluding that since God has the right to have creatures treated with respect, denying Happy her natural bodily life and integrity is a sin against God. While we have drawn on Anglican sources for this essay, our arguments are strong enough and important enough to be considered by all Christians
Animal rights · Archaeology · Creatures · Environmental ethics · Human rights · Political science · Right to life · Sociology · Theology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
| Highly cited | No |
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