Back أوسكار هورتا Arabic Óscar Horta Álvarez Catalan Óscar Horta Spanish Oscar Horta French Óscar Horta Galician Oscar Horta Portuguese ஆஸ்கார் ஹோர்டா Tamil
Oscar Horta | |
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 Horta in 2012 | |
| Born | Óscar Horta Álvarez 7 May 1974 |
| Awards | Ferrater Mora Prize (2007) |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Santiago de Compostela |
| Thesis | Un desafío para la bioética: la cuestión del especismo ("A Challenge to Bioethics: The Issue of Speciesism") (2007) |
| Doctoral advisor | Luis G. Soto |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Santiago de Compostela |
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| Main interests | |
| Website | masalladelaespecie |
Óscar Horta Álvarez (born 7 May 1974)[1] is a Spanish animal rights activist and moral philosopher who is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and one of the co-founders of the nonprofit organization Animal Ethics.
Horta is known for his work in animal ethics, especially around the problem of wild animal suffering. He has also worked on the concept of speciesism and on the clarification of the arguments for the moral consideration of nonhuman animals. In 2022, Horta published his first book in English, Making a Stand for Animals.[2]
- ^ a b "Oscar Horta wins Ferrater Mora Prize". Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ Horta, Oscar (2022). Making a Stand for Animals. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003285922. ISBN 978-1-00-328592-2. S2CID 248280373.
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