| dc.description.abstract | Under Taiwan’’s weak animal care consciousness, it has been very inhuman to deal with stray animals. Although the government has been promoting the idea of animal’’s protection repeatedly, there is huge gape between the reality and the practice. Therefore, this article attempts to explore the problem through Singer’s view of liberation of animal right and the Regan’s respect for life. It includes the dialectical debate between philosophers Frey and Cohen, the Regan response, the way Taiwan treats stray dogs and philosophical discussion about it. Hopefully, through examination of the cases, it makes readers comprehend various problems and situations of stray dogs in Taiwan, and puts some forward beneficial suggestions. Since the animal right is decided by person’’s moral introspection as well as the practical tutelage, it hopes to arouse people’’s morality through education. From the view of law, since The Animal Protection Law is passed, animals still have right of survival even they could not be aware of it and demand it on their own initiative. Through the advocating of legislation of animal rights and the external supervision, it could regulate the public more efficiently. It hopes to arouse the concern of the public on animals’ right and make the public comprehend the gravity of the stray animals’ problem through the relative discussion, which forms the public pressure and then becomes the animals’ policy reform strength.
This article makes reference to Regan’s system- ＂ value –theory of main body of life .＂ Regan emphasizes every life has its own value and should not be injured and deprived of the right of survival. By proposing the concept of animal right, it explores the problems of stray dogs in Taiwan and tries to arouse people’’s morality and concern about life, in order to prevent the mistreatment and massacre of animals. Its foundation lies in two parts: one is Regan’s view of animal right; the other is stray dog’’s problems; these two parts are connected by moral ethics. Every practical action has its theoretical foundation, so the article consists both of them. The third chapter is based on Regan’s view of animal right; the fourth chapter discusses the solution to Taiwan stray dog’’s problems and utilized Regan morality of animal right to the problem. Its purpose is to arouse the public concern’s on animal right, to promote legislation and education animal right, that’s practical action, and to decrease Taiwan stray dog’’s death rate. | en_US |