A Research Into Peter Singer's Animal Liberation Theory

In the history of west, virtuous person who take good care of animal were opposing the anthropocentrism axiology of west which led animal became tools of human, The religion divinity and philosophy culture of west is the profound origin. As far as 1970's, peter singer's animal liberation theory became the Bible of animal protection movement of west, animal protection movement flourish spring up, hence, the attitude of occidental treat animal has prodigious change appearances.The philosophy basis of animal liberation theory is the considering equally benefit principle, namely species equality ideology, which has two basic principle: all animal is equal; equality is a moral consideration, it's not a factual equality. The two principle respectively solve morality issue in the theory and practice domain. Animal liberation theory has abundant viscera, which includes many subject domains for instance humanitarianism,environmental ethics,bioethics and so on, It is one of the importance genre of the west zoology ethics. Animal liberation theory and China Buddhism ethic view has many homology and otherness in aspects of the life equality value view,vegetarianism,as well as zoology view, but China Buddhism ethic view is more plentiful and profound than animal liberation theory.The determinative condition of the attitude of human towards animal is very complex, which relate with the sensibility factor of the commiseration of human towards animal in sizable extent, and the commiseration of human towards animal involves the problem of human's good and evil which are affected by the many factor for example culture and orexis,physiology and psychology and so forth.. On the basis of the whole analysis of animal liberation theory, the verdict is virtually a ideal fabrication of the emotionalism ethics. At one time, because the species equality ideology which is the philosophy basis of animal liberation theory has itself contained antinomy of the theory and practice, finally, it led a paradoxical ethics system which was constructed by animal liberation theory.Logos and emotion unify, belief and science and technology run neck and neck, is few choice of treating animal virtuously in the world of law of the jungle, and can liberate animal finitely in the morality frame which accord with human benefit.