Dr Ryder has worked in animal research at Cambridge and Columbia universities. He was Senior Clinical Psychologist at Oxford’s Warneford Hospital when he and others in ‘the Oxford Group’ wrote Animals, Men and Morals (1971), the book which founded the modern animal rights movement. Dr Ryder’s word ‘speciesism’ became the key concept in philosopher Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation and has influenced all later thinking on animal rights. His book Victims of Science (1975, 1983) helped to bring about the 1986 Act which now governs animal research in the UK. Dr Ryder later developed the concept of ‘painism’, and his most recent book is Speciesism, Painism and Happiness (2011).
This is a rare chance to hear one of the leading personalities in the philosophy and politics of animal rights, speaking in Oxford where it all began.
All welcome! The talk and questions will last about one hour, after which there will be refreshments for any who wish to stay. The event is organised by Oxford Students for Animals and Voice for Ethical Research at Oxford. For more information, contact either [email protected] or [email protected]