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Gary Varner, the Glossary

Gary Edward Varner (March 10, 1957 – June 28, 2023) was an American philosopher specializing in environmental ethics, philosophical questions related to animal rights and animal welfare, and R. M. Hare's two-level utilitarianism.^[1]

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Abortion

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus.

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Animal consciousness

Animal consciousness, or animal awareness, is the quality or state of self-awareness within an animal, or of being aware of an external object or something within itself.

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Animal ethics

Animal ethics is a branch of ethics which examines human-animal relationships, the moral consideration of animals and how nonhuman animals ought to be treated.

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Animal husbandry

Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products.

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Animal rights

Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth independent of their utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings.

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Animal welfare

Animal welfare is the well-being of non-human animals.

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Anthropocentrism

Anthropocentrism is the belief that human beings are the central or most important entity on the planet.

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Applied ethics

Applied ethics is the practical aspect of moral considerations.

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Argument from marginal cases

The argument from marginal cases (also known as the argument from species overlap) is a philosophical argument within animal rights theory regarding the moral status of non-human animals.

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Arizona State University

Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

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Assistant professor

Assistant professor is an academic rank just below the rank of an associate professor used in universities or colleges, mainly in the United States, Canada, Japan and South Korea.

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Associate professor

Associate professor is an academic title with two principal meanings: in the North American system and that of the Commonwealth system.

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Autonoetic consciousness

Autonoetic consciousness is the human ability to mentally place oneself in the past and future (i.e. mental time travel) or in counterfactual situations (i.e. alternative outcomes), and to thus be able to examine one's own thoughts.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Biocentrism (ethics)

Biocentrism (from Greek βίος bios, "life" and κέντρον kentron, "center"), in a political and ecological sense, as well as literally, is an ethical point of view that extends inherent value to all living things.

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Biology & Philosophy

Biology & Philosophy is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes articles about philosophy of biology, broadly understood to span conceptual, theoretical, and methodological issues in the biological sciences.

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Burden of proof (philosophy)

The burden of proof (Latin: onus probandi, shortened from Onus probandi incumbit ei qui dicit, non ei qui negat – the burden of proof lies with the one who speaks, not the one who denies) is the obligation on a party in a dispute to provide sufficient warrant for its position.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Cephalopod

A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural κεφαλόποδες,; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus.

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Cetacea

Cetacea is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.

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Chemistry of ascorbic acid

Ascorbic acid is an organic compound with formula, originally called hexuronic acid.

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Corvidae

Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers.

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David Schmidtz

David Schmidtz (born 1955) is a Canadian-American philosopher.

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Deontology

In moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek: +) is the normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules and principles, rather than based on the consequences of the action.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Ecology

Ecology is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.

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Elephantidae

Elephantidae is a family of large, herbivorous proboscidean mammals collectively called elephants and mammoths.

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Emeritus

Emeritus (female version: emerita) is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus".

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Environmental ethics

In environmental philosophy, environmental ethics is an established field of practical philosophy "which reconstructs the essential types of argumentation that can be made for protecting natural entities and the sustainable use of natural resources." The main competing paradigms are anthropocentrism, physiocentrism (called ecocentrism as well), and theocentrism.

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Environmental Ethics (journal)

Environmental Ethics is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering environmental philosophy.

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Environmental Values

Environmental Values started as a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal closely associated with the ecological economics movement, but also firmly based in applied ethics.

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Hastings Center Report

The Hastings Center Report is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal of bioethics.

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Higher-order theories of consciousness

Higher-order theories of consciousness postulate that consciousness consists in perceptions or thoughts about first-order mental states.

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Intensive animal farming

Intensive animal farming, industrial livestock production, and macro-farms, also known (particularly by opponents) as factory farming, is a type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry designed to maximize production while minimizing costs.

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J. Baird Callicott

J. Gary Varner and J. Baird Callicott are environmental ethicists.

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Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

The Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering agricultural science and bioethics.

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Journal of Applied Philosophy

The Journal of Applied Philosophy (JOAP) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society for Applied Philosophy and edited by Avery Kolers (University of Louisville).

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Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

The Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Taylor and Francis.

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Journal of Moral Philosophy

The Journal of Moral Philosophy is a peer-reviewed journal of moral, political, and legal philosophy with an international focus.

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Kristin Andrews

Kristin Alexandra Andrews is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at York University and she holds the York Research Chair in Animal Minds. Gary Varner and Kristin Andrews are American animal rights scholars, animal cognition writers and animal ethicists.

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Lecturer

Lecturer is an academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country.

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Mark Rowlands

Mark Rowlands (born 1962) is a Welsh writer and philosopher.

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Master of Arts

A Master of Arts (Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.

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Mind (journal)

Mind (stylized as MIND) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Mind Association.

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Monograph

A monograph is a specialist written work (in contrast to reference works) or exhibition on one subject or one aspect of a usually scholarly subject, often by a single author or artist.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Parrot

Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines, are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet.

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Paul W. Taylor

Paul W. Taylor (November 19, 1923 – October 14, 2015) was an American philosopher best known for his work in the field of environmental ethics. Gary Varner and Paul W. Taylor are environmental ethicists and environmental philosophers.

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Personhood

Personhood is the status of being a person.

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Peter Singer

Peter Albert David Singer (born 6 July 1946) is an Australian moral philosopher who is Emeritus Ira W. Gary Varner and Peter Singer are Analytic philosophers, animal ethicists, environmental philosophers and utilitarians.

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Philosophy

Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.

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Philosophy (journal)

Philosophy is the scholarly journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy.

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Primate

Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.

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Professor

Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.

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R. M. Hare

Richard Mervyn Hare (21 March 1919 – 29 January 2002), usually cited as R. M. Gary Varner and R. M. Hare are Analytic philosophers, Consequentialists and utilitarians.

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Rat

Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents.

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Replaceability argument

The replaceability argument, or the logic of the larder, is a philosophical argument that has been used to reject vegetarianism.

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Robin Attfield

Robin Attfield is a British philosopher known for his work on environmental philosophy, ethics, the history of philosophy and the philosophy of religion. Gary Varner and Robin Attfield are environmental ethicists and environmental philosophers.

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Scurvy

Scurvy is a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin C (ascorbic acid).

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Sentience

Sentience is the ability to experience feelings and sensations.

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Sentiocentrism

Sentiocentrism, sentio-centrism, or sentientism is an ethical view that places sentient individuals at the center of moral concern.

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Southern Journal of Philosophy

The Southern Journal of Philosophy has been in continuous publication since 1963.

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Speciesism

Speciesism is a term used in philosophy regarding the treatment of individuals of different species.

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St. Olaf College

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Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas.

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The Philosophical Review

The Philosophical Review is a quarterly journal of philosophy edited by the faculty of the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University and published by Duke University Press (since September 2006).

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The Quarterly Review of Biology

The Quarterly Review of Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of biology.

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Thesis

A thesis (theses), or dissertation (abbreviated diss.), is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.

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Two-level utilitarianism

Two-level utilitarianism is a utilitarian theory of ethics developed by R. M. Hare.

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Universal prescriptivism

Universal prescriptivism (often simply called prescriptivism) is the meta-ethical view that claims that, rather than expressing propositions, ethical sentences function similarly to imperatives which are universalizable—whoever makes a moral judgment is committed to the same judgment in any situation where the same relevant facts pertain.

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University of Georgia

The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States.

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University of Guelph

The University of Guelph (abbreviated U of G) is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

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University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point

The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point (UW–Stevens Point or UWSP) is a public university in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

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Utilitarianism

In ethical philosophy, utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the affected individuals.

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Vegetarianism

Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects, and the flesh of any other animal).

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Visiting scholar

In academia, a visiting scholar, visiting scientist, visiting researcher, visiting fellow, visiting lecturer, or visiting professor is a scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture, or perform research on a topic for which the visitor is valued.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Varner

Also known as G. E. Varner, Gary E Varner, Gary E. Varner, Gary Edward Varner, Varner, Gary.

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See also

Environmental ethicists

Environmental philosophers

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