Updated 9 April 2026
Over the years and decades, Tom Regan's booklet The philosophy of animal rights has been translated into several languages. But there doesn't seem to be a list of these publications or which languages it has been translated into.
Presumably, some of the translations were also "just" distributed as photocopied booklets with no ISBN number or other formal record of these existing.
Presumably, some of the translations were also "just" distributed as photocopied booklets with no ISBN number or other formal record of these existing.
Below is a list of the ones I know of.
English
- the original version "The philosophy of animal rights" (1989) [PDF]
- the original version, plus four new commentaries (2026) [free online version] ... also posted on ivu.org
Translations
The ones highlighted in yellow are product of the "Tom Regan 1989 project".
- Bengali (Bangla) "প্রাণী-অধিকার দর্শন" (2018) [PDF]
- Catalan: "La filosofia dels drets dels animals" (2026) [free online version] [printed book]
- French: "La philosophie des droits des animaux" (1991) [PDF]
- German: "Der Grundgedanke der Tierrechte" (2003) [only the first half of the boolet (?) - not available online]
- German: "Tom Regan: Die Philosophie der Tierrechte" (2025) [print version] [free online version] ... also posted here
- Hungarian: "Az állatjogok filozófiája" (2026) [free online version] [Kindle ebook (it says "English edition" as there is no option to choose "Hungarian"] - Amazon's kindle KDP does not appear to allow publication of printed books in Hungarian.
- Portuguese: the original version, plus four commentaries (2026) [free online version] ... also posted on guiavegano.com.br and vegetarianismo-com.br ... [kindle ebook]
- Slovenian: "Pravice živali : filozofske postavke" (1999 [?]) [not available online (?)]
- Spanish: the original version, plus four commentaries (2026) [free online version] [printed book]
- Swahili: "Msimamo wa Haki za Wanyama" (2026) [free online version]
(Note: The links to Amazon are not Amazon affiliate links.)
- French: "La philosophie des droits des animaux" (1991) [PDF]
- German: "Tom Regan: Die Philosophie der Tierrechte" (2025) [print version] [free online version] ... also posted here
- Hungarian: "Az állatjogok filozófiája" (2026) [free online version] [Kindle ebook (it says "English edition" as there is no option to choose "Hungarian"] - Amazon's kindle KDP does not appear to allow publication of printed books in Hungarian.
- Portuguese: the original version, plus four commentaries (2026) [free online version] ... also posted on guiavegano.com.br and vegetarianismo-com.br ... [kindle ebook]
- Slovenian: "Pravice živali : filozofske postavke" (1999 [?]) [not available online (?)]
- Spanish: the original version, plus four commentaries (2026) [free online version] [printed book]
Languages coming soon
New translations will be added soon:- Vietnamese
- Bulgarian
- Italian
- Hebrew
- Korean
- Japanese
- Simplified Chinese
- Polish
- French
- Russian
- ...
Also see
Also see the related post on the website of the International Vegetarian Union (IVU).
