Mark H. Bernstein

American philosopher

Mark H. Bernstein
Born	1948

Era	21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic
Institutions	Purdue University
Thesis	Freedom of Will and Autonomy of Mind (1982)
Doctoral advisor	William C. Smith
Main interests	Metaphysics, animal ethics

Mark H. Bernstein (born 1948) is an American philosopher and Joyce & Edward E. Brewer Chair in Applied Ethics at Purdue University.^[1] He is known for his research on animal ethics.^[2]

Biography

Bernstein received a B.A. in January 1969 in Mathematics from Queens College, City University of New York, a M.A. in June 1975 in Philosophy from California State University, Northridge and a Ph D. in June 1982 in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Bernstein takes an abolitionist approach to animal rights.^[2] In 2015, he authored The Moral Equality of Humans and Animals.^[3]

Selected publications

Fatalism, University of Nebraska Press, 1992
On Moral Considerability: An Essay On Who Morally Matters, Oxford University Press, 1998
Without A Tear: Our Tragic Relationship with Animals, University of Illinois Press, 2004
The Moral Equality of Humans and Animals, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
Comparing the Wrongness of Killing Humans and Killing Animals, In The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Animal Ethics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

References

^ Rinčić, Iva; Muzur, Amir; Mijač, Sandra (2016). "Book Reviews". JAHR. 7/1 (13): 79–82.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b Rollin, Bernard (27 January 2016). "Review of The Moral Equality of Humans and Animals". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
^ Mylan Engel Jr. (2017). "Review: Bernstein on Moral Status and the Comparative Value of Lives" (PDF). Journal of Animal Ethics. 7 (2): 204–213. doi:10.5406/janimalethics.7.2.0204. S2CID 149221487.