Between the Species is a peer-reviewed electronic journal devoted to the philosophical examination of the relationship between human beings and other animals. While most articles are ethical inquiries, others raise issues involving metaphysics, epistemology and other areas of philosophical investigation. Between the Species is an open access journal: users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles.
About our back issues
Many of the articles from the original print version of Between the Species (1985-1996) are available on this website in Volumes 1-12. Articles from the original print version with compound issue numbers, such as Vol. 10, Nos. 3-4, are compiled into the leading issue number, e.g., Vol. 10, Issue 3. Complete issues of the online journal from 2002 to 2010 inclusive are compiled in Volume 13.
Current Issue: Volume 26, Issue 1 (2023)
Articles
What it’s like, or not like, to Bee
Cheryl E. Abbate
The Question of Veganism, the Dangers of Moral Extensionism, and a Pragmatist Ecofeminist Alternative
Erin McKenna
The Intuitiveness of Animal Rights: Audi's Epistemology, Kantian Ethics, and Regan's Case
Andrew Nesseler
Animal-Rights Primitivism: A Vital Needs Argument Against Modern Technology
James Robert Schultz
Centering Animality in Law and Liberation: The Zoopolitics of Reclaiming the Animal in Personhood
Paulina Siemieniec
Religion: A Repertoire of Earth Ethics – A Study on the Ecospiritual Dimensions in Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place by Terry Tempest Williams
Nissi Karunya Ms. and Shanthi K. Dr.
Book Reviews
Review of Madeleine L.H. Campbell's Animals, Ethics and Us
Teddy Duncan Jr.
Review of Bob Fischer's Animal Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction
Christopher A. Bobier