Abstract

MENDOZA LINARES, María Fernanda  and  LINARES MARQUEZ, Pascual. The cosmogonies of the animal as an ontology of revaluation in the face of the western vision. A position from the bioethics. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.2, pp.113-130.  Epub Dec 31, 2022. ISSN 1657-4702.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rlbi.5948.

This article explores different cosmogonies concerning the importance and value given to animals throughout history. In ancient Eastern and Western cultures, animals were considered divine, fantastic, and important beings, sometimes even more powerful than human beings. They also enjoyed the respect and care of humans. With the passage of time, in Western culture, animals have been reduced to simple objects of consumption, even provoking cruel practices from the human-animal relationship based on economic, health, and scientific criteria. The moral value, based on the ontology of reification, of utilitarianism, which has been assigned to animal species from Western culture has an effect on the natural environment, negatively impacting animal species, even the rules, laws and regulations privilege human beings, putting at risk the welfare and permanence of various species and their habitat, which is also the habitat of thousands of species called biodiversity. Animals play an important role in society and the ecosystem in general; as people, we must reevaluate our position before the species to live in an environment of respect not only for our welfare but for the right to a dignified life that all living beings deserve.

Keywords : animals; cosmogonies; animal cruelty; animal value.

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