Thomas Lepeltier
Thomas Lepeltier | |
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Born | 4 January 1967 |
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Scholar, essayist, writer |
Website | thomas |
Thomas Lepeltier (born 4 January 1967) is a French independent scholar, essayist and science writer specializing in the history and
Life and work
Thomas Lepeltier was born on 4 January 1967.
Lepeltier has been called upon to debate animal ethics several times on French television,[8] radio[9] and forums.[10][11] Lepeltier is also the author of several works attempting to deconstruct the discourses justifying the use of animals, he mobilizes on these occasions a wide variety of arguments from the three major currents of normative ethics, whether it is a question of recalling the definition of speciesism according to Peter Singer,[11] that the theories of the social contract do not impose (like babies) to be able to respect duties in order to have rights,[11] or that it is cruel to deprive animals of their lives for the personal pleasure gained by eating them.[12]
Lepeltier is also a regular contributor to the French popular science magazines La Recherche and Sciences Humaines[13] and is an editor of and writer for the French-language antispeciesist journal L'Amorce ("The Primer").[14]
Philosophy
Lepeltier's philosophy is antispeciesist: he considers that the species to which a living being belongs is not in itself a relevant criterion of moral consideration and that in particular, the mere fact of belonging to a particular species cannot in itself justify that an animal can be killed to, for example, serve as a meal.[15]
Particularly interested in the analysis of the speeches of French-speaking intellectuals, Lepeltier considers that "most say or even write anything to justify their consumption of meat, eggs and dairy products" and that "unfortunately, in a media world complacent, no one denounces this bad faith of professionals, this silence of politicians and this ineptitude of intellectuals".[12] He has sometimes been criticised for his condemnation of all breeding (without distinction between industrial and non-industrial varieties) and his use of analogies with human slavery or The Holocaust.[9][16]
Lepeltier has distinguished himself within the French animalist movement, as a defender of interventionism in favor of reducing the
Publications
As author
- Les véganes vont-ils prendre le pouvoir?, Éditions du Pommier, 2019.
- L'imposture intellectuelle des carnivores, Max Milo, 2017.
- La Face cachée de l'Univers. Une autre histoire de la cosmologie, Seuil, 2014.
- La Révolution végétarienne, Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2013.
- Univers parallèles, Seuil, 2010.
- Vive le créationnisme! Point de vue d'un évolutionniste, L'Aube, 2009.
- Darwin hérétique: L'éternel retour du créationnisme, Seuil, 2007.
As co-author
- Les Grands penseurs de l'éducation, Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2018.
- La Philosophie, un art de vivre, Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2017.
- Les grands mythes, Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2017.
- Les religions: Des origines au IIIe millénaire, Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2017.
- Peter Singer et La libération animale, Pur, 2017.
- Révolutions animales, Les Liens qui Libèrent, 2016.
- Masculin-Féminin-Pluriel, Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2014.
- Creationism in Europe, Johns Hopkins, 2014.
- Le sexe d'hier à aujourd'hui, Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2013.
- Philosophie: Auteurs et Thèmes, Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2012.
- Cinq siècles de pensée française, Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2010.
- La bibliothèque idéale des sciences humaines, Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2008.
- Le tout et les parties dans les systèmes naturels, Vuibert, 2007.
- La Religion: Unité et diversité, Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2007.
As editor
- La Révolution antispéciste, Puf, 2018.
- Histoire et philosophie des sciences, Éditions Sciences Humaines, 2013.
- Un autre cosmos?, Vuibert, 2012.
References
- ^ "Lepeltier, Thomas (1967-....)". BnF Catalogue général (in French). 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- S2CID 214614666.
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- ^ Gondawa, Lili (2013-02-08). "Un philosophe végétalien: Thomas Lepeltier" [A vegan philosopher: Thomas Lepeltier]. Vegactu (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ISBN 978-0-8348-4054-6.
- S2CID 150198412.
- ^ "Appointment of New Fellows". Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ "Tambour Battant - Végétalisme, véganisme, quel sens ont ces choix de vie?" [Tambour Battant - Vegetalism, veganism, what meaning do these lifestyle choices have?]. Demain.fr (in French). 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ a b Les défis des Grandes Gueules: Didier Giraud face à Thomas Lepeltier [The challenges of the Grandes Gueules: Didier Giraud against Thomas Lepeltier] (in French), RMC, retrieved 2020-07-29
- ^ "Il est navrant de constater que des universitaires dénigrent l'antispécisme de manière expéditive" [It is heartbreaking to note that academics denigrate antispeciesism in an expeditious manner]. Le Monde (in French). 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ a b c Bonnardel, Yves; Lepeltier, Thomas (2019-01-15). "L'antispécisme face à ses contempteurs" [Antispeciesism in the face of its contemptors]. Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ a b Lepeltier, Thomas (2018-11-07). "J'accuse! Lettre aux carnistes" [I accuse! Letter to carnists]. L'Amorce (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ a b "Dr Thomas Lepeltier, PhD". Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ "L'Amorce, un projet collectif". L'Amorce (in Canadian French). 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ "Antispécisme: "Nous réclamons des assises nationales de la question animale"" [Antispeciesism: "We demand a national meeting of the animal question"]. Le Parisien (in French). 2019-05-26. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ Mathey, Nicolas (2014-01-21). "Adieu veau, vache, cochon, couvée?" [Farewell calf, cow, pig, brood?]. L'Humanité (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ Lepeltier, Thomas (2018-11-07). "Se soucier des animaux sauvages" [Caring about wild animals]. L'Amorce (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2020-07-29.