RESUMO
The different legal status of human being and animals is a consequence of their different ontological status. Human being has dignity, which requires the recognition of rights that ensure a dignified life. The animal lacks dignity, but it must be protected by law, even though it does not have recognized rights. This study focuses on the ontological main differences between human being and animals, differences that nowadays can be tested empirically by the data provided by paleoanthropology. Human rights, based on dignity, are the guarantee that human being can develop exclusive capabilities to their way of being and that animals lack.
Assuntos
Direitos dos Animais/legislação & jurisprudência , Direitos Humanos/ética , Direitos Humanos/legislação & jurisprudência , Animais , Humanos , Pessoalidade , FilosofiaRESUMO
El diferente estatuto jurídico de hombres y animales es consecuencia de su diferente estatuto onto-lógico. El ser humano está revestido de dignidad, lo que exige el reconocimiento de unos derechos que aseguren una vida digna. El animal carece de dignidad, pero debe ser objeto de protección por el Derecho, aunque no se le reconozcan derechos. Este estudio se centra en las diferencias ontológicas de mayor relieve entre el hombre y los animales, diferencias susceptibles de ser contrastadas empíricamente en la actualidad y por los datos aportados por la paleoantropología. Los derechos humanos, con su fundamento en la dignidad, constituyen la garantía de que los hombres puedan desarrollar capacidades exclusivas de su modo de ser y de las que carecen los animales
The different legal status of human being and animals is a consequence of their different ontological status. Human being has dignity, which requires the recognition of rights that ensure a dignified life. The animal lacks dignity, but it must be protected by law, even though it does not have recognized rights. This study focuses on the ontological main differences between human being and animals, differences that nowadays can be tested empirically by the data provided by paleoanthropology. Human rights, based on dignity, are the guarantee that human being can develop exclusive capabilities to their way of being and that animals lack
