The Ferrater Mora Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics is an organisation based in Oxford which promotes

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History

The centre was founded in Oxford in 2006 by

Andrew Linzey Andrew Linzey (born 2 February 1952) is an English Anglican priest, theologian, and prominent figure in Christian vegetarianism. He is a member of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford, and held the world's first academic post in Eth ...

, a member of the Faculty of Theology at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

, though the centre is not affiliated with the university. Other founding fellows were Ara Paul Barsam and Mark H. Bernstein. The centre is named after the Catalan philosopher José Ferrater Mora ( ca, Josep Ferrater i Mora). The centre held an International Conference on the Relationship between Animal Abuse and Human Violence at

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, in 2007.

Mission

The centre promotes ethical concern for animals through academic study and public debate, and aims to create a global association of academics willing to advance the ethical case for animals. To that end, it publishes an academic journal, the '' Journal of Animal Ethics'', jointly with the

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. It has also established an animal ethics series with

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Notable members

Fellows include Robert Garner,

Steven M. Wise Steven M. Wise (born 1952) is an American legal scholar who specializes in animal protection issues, primatology, and animal intelligence. He teaches animal rights law at Harvard Law School, Vermont Law School, John Marshall Law School, Lewis & ...

and

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. Honorary fellows include J. M. Coetzee,

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and Philip Wollen.

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* * {{authority control 2006 establishments in England Academic organisations based in the United Kingdom Animal ethics organizations Organisations based in Oxford Research institutes established in 2006

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