Johann Friedrich Ludwig Volckmann

Johann Friedrich Ludwig Volckmann (22 January 1758 – 15 October 1815) was a German theologian, lawyer and animal rights writer.

Johann Friedrich Ludwig Volckmann
Born22 January 1758
Arnstadt
Died15 October 1815 (1815-10-16) (aged 57)
Arnstadt
Occupation(s)Theologian, lawyer

Volckmann studied theology (1777–1780) and law in Leipzig.[1][2] He worked in his hometown of Arnstadt as a bailiff and later as a government and court advocate. In 1794, he founded the Verein der Literaturfreunde zu Arnstadt (Association of Friends of Literature in Arnstadt).[1]

In 1799, Volckmann authored Menschenstolz und Thierqualen, an early animal rights work.[3][4] It was republished in 2018.[1] In the book Volckmann stated that animals possess "memory, phantasy, moral sense" and some degree of rationality.[4]

Volckmann argued that if man showed a higher admiration for the talents of animals, he would abstain from practicing cruelty.[4] Volckmann was one of the earliest writers to apply the term "rights" to animals.[5]

He married Wilhelmine Albertine Friederike Schöneweck in 1804.[2]

Selected publications

See also

References
  1. "Haben Tiere eine Seele?". Menschenstolz. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. "Autor/in: Volkmann, Johann Friedrich Ludwig". Thüringer Literaturrat. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. Ingensiep, Hans Werner (1996). "Tierseele und tierethische Argumentationen in der deutschen philosophischen Literatur des 18. Jahrhunderts". NTM International Journal of History & Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology & Medicine. 4: 103–118. doi:10.1007/BF02913783. S2CID 143479473.
  4. Maehle, Andreas-Holger. Cruelty and Kindness to the 'Brute Creation': Stability and Change in the Ethics of the Man-Animal Relationship, 1600-1850. In Aubrey Manning and James Serpell. (2003). Animals and Human Society: Changing Perspectives. Routledge. p. 88. ISBN 0-415-09155-1
  5. Brucker, Renate. 2005. "Animal Rights and Human Progress". Animals in History. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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