One of the basic principles Japanese Constitution is respect for human rights. However, stipulates “public welfare” in 4 Articles, and recognizes restrictions on From its text, it appears that rights are widely recognized. The debate over public welfare has gone through several stages, understanding changed. aim this article to introduce meaning Constitution, how works. After introducing flow t...

Probably more than any other one thing, my article "Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair," has led to an increasingly acrimonious divorce between individualistic animal welfare ethics and holistic ecocentric ethics.! I think this estrangement is regrettable because it is divisive. Animal welfare ethicists and environmental ethicists have 163 overlapping concerns. From a practical point of vie...