Andrew Fenton

Dr. Andrew Fenton is a Professor of Philosophy at Dalhousie University. He completed his B.A. Honours in philosophy and comparative religion at Acadia University, his M.A. in philosophy at Dalhousie University, his Ph.D. in philosophy at Calgary University, and a postdoc in neuroethics at Dalhousie University. His areas of specialty lie in animal ethics, epistemology, neuroethics, and philosophy of animal minds. Most of his recent published work is focused on other animals, particularly our moral obligations to those used in animal-based science. Fenton has also been a part of a small but mighty group of philosophers submitting amicus briefs in support of cases spearheaded by the Nonhuman Rights Project. The first amicus brief led to an expanded discussion published as a co-authored book, Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers' Brief (Routledge, 2019) - any royalties go to the Nonhuman Rights Project.

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