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Tom Regan

1938 - 2017

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Tom Regan (; November 28, 1938 – February 17, 2017) was an American philosopher who specialized in animal rights theory. He was professor emeritus of philosophy at North Carolina State University, where he had taught from 1967 until his retirement in 2001. Regan was the author of numerous books on the philosophy of animal rights, including The Case for Animal Rights (1983), one of a handful of studies that have significantly influenced the modern animal rights movement. In these, he argued that non-human animals are what he called the "subjects-of-a-life", just as humans are, and that, if we want to ascribe value to all human beings regardless of their ability to be rational agents, then to be consistent, we must similarly ascribe it to non-humans. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Regan is the 591st most popular philosopher (down from 562nd in 2019), the 2,330th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,836th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Tom Regan ranks 591 out of 1,267. Before him are Gaetano Mosca, Chaïm Perelman, John Austin, Yang Zhu, Zaleucus, and G. A. Cohen. After him are Jean Hyppolite, Werner Jaeger, Vilém Flusser, Hans Blumenberg, Byung-Chul Han, and David Hartley.

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Among people born in 1938, Tom Regan ranks 125. Before him are Jesús María Pereda, Enrico Macias, Josef Koudelka, Jerry West, Morihiro Hosokawa, and Tereza Kesovija. After him are Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Fred Stolle, Eddie Cochran, Ted Turner, Nayef Hawatmeh, and Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria. Among people deceased in 2017, Tom Regan ranks 106. Before him are Ángel Nieto, Violet Brown, Anne Wiazemsky, Dionigi Tettamanzi, Tobe Hooper, and Hans Rosling. After him are Dick Bruna, Loalwa Braz, John G. Avildsen, Mustafa Tlass, Manuel Marín, and Christine Kaufmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Regan ranks 2,330 out of 20,380. Before him are Nick Carter (1980), Leland Stanford (1824), Gary Ridgway (1949), Flannery O'Connor (1925), Vernon L. Smith (1927), and Sarah Wayne Callies (1977). After him are Michelle Rodriguez (1978), Janet Jackson (1966), MrBeast (1998), Isamu Noguchi (1904), Daniel McFadden (1937), and Hugh S. Johnson (1882).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Tom Regan ranks 23. Before him are Nelson Goodman (1906), Kenneth Waltz (1924), Saul Kripke (1940), Charles W. Morris (1903), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), and Nancy Fraser (1947). After him are Jonathan Edwards (1703), Arthur Danto (1924), Michael Walzer (1935), Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), C. I. Lewis (1883), and Mary Parker Follett (1868).

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