Tom Regan: "The Philosophy of Animal Rights" - various languages available (collection)


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Updated 19 June 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.


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Below is a list of the ones I know of.

English

  • The original version, plus four new commentaries (by Sztybel, Winckler, Ebert, and Koeder; 2026) [free online version] ... also posted on ivu.org



Translations

The translations highlighted in yellow are product of the "Tom Regan 1989 project".

  • Bulgarian: "Философия на правата на животните" (2026) [free online version]
  • Swahili: "Falsafa ya haki za wanyama" (2026) [free online version]  [printed booklets available in Kenia, Tanzania, Uganda and ... coming soon] [alternative link]
    • Teofilo Kisanji University in Mbeya, Tanzania
    • Manasseh Voice for Animals Society in Arusha, Tanzania
    • Tanzania Animal Welfare Society (TAWESO) in Dar es Salaam and Dodoma, Tanzania
    • Utunzi Africa in Nairobi, Kenya
    • Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya
    • Jordan University College in Morogoro, Tanzania
    • Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya
    • Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Dar es Salaam in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
    • Meru Animal Welfare Organization (MAWO) in Arusha, Tanzania
    • Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) in Nairobi, Kenya
    • Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Kyambogo University in Kampala, Uganda
    • Giriama Village Vegan Lounge in Mariakani, Kenya
    • Effective Animal Advocacy Kenya (EAAK) in Kisumu, Kenya
    • Animal and Vegan Advocacy Summit in Accra, Ghana
  • Arabic: (2026) [free online version]

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Languages coming soon

New translations will be added soon:
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Italian
  • Hebrew
  • Simplified Chinese
  • French
  • Korean
  • Japanese -- the postscript is already available
  • ...



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Also see the related post on the website of the International Vegetarian Union (IVU).




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