Bernard Rollin
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Bernard E. Rollin is a philosopher widely recognized for his approach to animal rights, as well as his influence in politics. At Colorado State University, he holds the position of University Distinguished Professor.
He secured his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1972. Rollin's scholarly interests include both traditional philosophy and applied philosophy. In addition to numerous articles in the history of philosophy, philosophy of language, ethics and bioethics, he is the author of Natural and Conventional Meaning (1976), Animal Rights and Human Morality (1981, 1993 & 2006) and The Unheeded Cry: Animal Consciousness, Animal Pain and Scientific Change (1988 &1998). He has also published Farm Animal Welfare (1995), The Frankenstein Syndrome (1995) and Science and Ethics (2006). He has edited a two volume book titled The Experimental Animal in Biomedical Research (1989 & 1995). He is a leading scholar and pioneer in animal rights and animal consciousness and has lectured over a thousand times all over the world. He is a weight-lifter, horseman, and motorcyclist.
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