Guide to the Tom Regan Papers, 1951 - 2001

Collection Number MC 236

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Abstract:

The Tom Regan Papers contains correspondence, research files, drafts, reprints, and audio-visual materials that span the professional career of one of the most widely-known authorities on animal rights.The collection relates chiefly to the two major intellectual pursuits of Tom Regan's career, animal rights and the moral philosophy of G. E. Moore, although there is a limited amount of personal material and unrelated subjects. Also included are files related to his thirty years of service to North Carolina State University.

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Descriptive Summary

Repository

NCSU Libraries' Special Collections Research Center

Creator

Regan, Tom

Title

Tom Regan Papers, 1951 - 2001

Call Number

MC 236

Extent

154 archival boxes , 78 linear feet

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Restrictions to Access

This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Provenance

Gift from Tom Regan in October, 2000, and 2002.
Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Tom Regan Papers, MC 236, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Biographical Note


Tom Regan was born Thomas Howard Regan on November 28, 1938 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Thiel College in 1960 with a degree in philosophy, and went on to receive both master's (1962) and Ph.D. (1966) degrees from the University of Virginia.

Regan's first professional appointment was as Instructor, and then Assistant Professor of Philosophy, at Sweet Briar College (1965 - 1967). In 1967, he accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University. He was promoted to Associate Professor of Philosophy in 1972, and finally to Professor of Philosophy in 1978. Regan served as Head, Philosophy & Religion, NCSU, from 1996 - 1999.

During his more than thirty years on the faculty, he received numerous awards for excellence in teaching; published scores of professional papers as well as more than twenty books; been awarded major international awards for film writing and direction; and presented hundreds of lectures throughout the United States and abroad. He was named the recipient of the William Quarles Holladay Medal, the highest honor NC State University can bestow on one of its faculty.

Regan's contributions to professional organizations and scholarship are significant. He is a member of numerous professional societies, and has held a variety of offices in them, including the North Carolina Philosophical Society; the American Society for Value Inquiry; the Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals; Ethics and Values in Science and Technology; and the American Philosophical Association's Committee on Medical Ethics. He has served on the editorial boards of a number of journals, including, Ethics, The Australian Journal of Professional and Applied Ethics, and Ethics and the Environment.

Among his books, two (The Case for Animal Rights and Bloomsbury's Prophet: G. E. Moore and the Development of His Moral Philosophy) were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. The Case for Animal Rights was immediately recognized as a "modern classic" when it first appeared in 1983. It has been translated into several languages, including Swedish, Dutch, Italian, and German. Other of Tom Regan's books that touch on the topic of animal rights are All That Dwell Therein: Essays on Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics (1982) and Animal Sacrifices: Religious Perspectives on the Use of Animals in Science (1986).

For its part, Bloomsbury's Prophet has helped re-energize and re-direct Moorean scholarship in particular and the study of early twentieth century British philosophy in general. In addition to Bloomsbury's Prophet, Tom Regan's other major contributions to Moorean scholarship are Moore: The Early Essays (1987) and G. E. Moore: The Elements of Ethics (1991). He is co-founder and past president of the Moore Society.

Tom Regan's major film awards include the Silver Medal for "We Are All Noah" (International Film Festival of New York, 1986) and the Gold Medal for "Voices I Have Heard" (Houston International Film Festival, 1988).

A past recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, and a past Fellow of the National Humanities Center, Regan's recently published work includes Defending Animal Rights and (with Carl Cohen) The Animal Rights Debate.

Tom Regan is married to the former Nancy Tirk, with whom he co-founded The Culture & Animals Foundation.

Selective Chronology

1938, November 28 Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1960 A.B., Thiel College, Major in Philosophy, Minor in English
1962 M.A., University of Virginia, Thesis: "Moore's Conception of Beauty"
1962, June 17 Married Nancy Jane Tirk
1964 - 1965 Phillip Francis Dupont Fellow, University of Virginia
1965 - 1967 Instructor, then Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Sweet Briar College
1966 Ph.D., University of Virginia. Dissertation: "The Commendation Thesis" ("An Analysis of the Concept of Goodness")
1966, October 8 Born, a son, Bryan
1967 - 1972 Assistant Professor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University
1972, 1976, 1980 International Directory of Biography
1969 - 1970 Outstanding Teacher, North Carolina State University
1970, November 24 Born, a daughter, Karen
1972 Summer Stipend, National Endowment for the Humanities
1972 - 1978 Associate Professor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University
1974 - 1975 Outstanding Teacher, North Carolina State University
1975 Who's Who in the South and Southwest
1977, Spring Visiting Distinguished Scholar, University of Calgary
1977 - 1981 Alumni Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University
1978, 1982 Directory of American Scholars
1978 - Professor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University
1980 International Who's Who in Education
1980 - 1981 Fellowship, Category B, National Endowment for the Humanities
1982 Visiting Distinguished Scholar, Brooklyn College
1984 - 1985 Fellow, National Humanities Center
1986 The Gandhi Award, for Outstanding Contributions to the Animal Rights Movement
1986 Outstanding Alumni Award, Thiel College
1987 Outstanding Research Award, College of the Humanities and Social Sciences, North Carolina State University
1987 Joseph Wood Krutch Medal, Humane Society of the United States
1988 The Leys Lecturer, University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale, "Feminism and Environmental Ethics"
1988 The Ryle Lectures, Trent University (Canada), "Reconsidering Individualism"
1993 - 1994 Outstanding Teacher, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, North Carolina State University
1995 The Dunbar Lecture, Millsaps College
1996 - 1999 Head, Philosophy & Religion, North Carolina State University
1997 College of Humanities and Social Sciences UNC Board of Governors' Award for Excellence in Teaching
2000 The William Quarles Holladay Medal, North Carolina State University Board of Trustees

Selective Publications List

1972 "Moore's Accounts of 'Right',"Dialogue, Spring.
1972 "A Defense of Pacificism,"The Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Spring. Reprinted in R. Wasserstrom, Today's Moral Problems, 1st edition, and in J.P. White, Assent/Dissent (1984).
1974 Understanding Philosophy. Dickenson Publishing Company.
1975 "McCloskey on Rational Ends: The Dilemma of Institutionism," The Journal of Value Inquiry, Spring.
1975 "The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism,"The Canadian Journal of Philosophy, October. Portions reprinted in Tom Regan and Peter Singer, Animal Rights and Human Obligations (below) and in R. Wasserstrom, Today's Moral Problems, 2nd edition. Reprinted in a Spanish translation in a collection of essays edited by S. Castignone, Bologna (1984).
1975 Animal Rights and Human Obligations. Edited with Peter Singer. Prentice-Hall (in paper and cloth). Italian Translation, 1987.
1976 "McCloskey on Why Animals Cannot Have Rights," Philosophical Quarterly, Fall.
1976 "Broadie's and Pybus' Treatment of Kant," Philosophy, Winter.
1976 "Feinberg on What Sorts of Beings Can Have Rights," The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Winter.
1977 "Narveson on Egoism and the Rights of Animals," The Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Summer.
1977 "Frey on Interests and Animal Rights," Philosophical Quarterly, Winter.
1978 "A Reply to Frey on Animal Rights" (with Dale Jamieson), Analysis, January.
1978 "Defending the Belief in Animal Rights" in Animals' Rights: A Symposium (Paterson & Ryder, eds.) London: Centaur. Reprinted, in a Spanish translation, in S. Castignone (above).
1978 "Fox's Critique of Animal Liberation,"Ethics, January.
1979 "Singer's Critique of the Market,"  Analysis, 39, June.
1980 "On the Right to be Spared Gratuitous Suffering," Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Fall.
1980 "Animal Rights, Human Wrongs," Environmental Ethics, Spring. Reprinted in J. White, ed., Contemporary Moral Problems (1984) and, in a Polish translation, in Etyka, Vol. 18.
1980 "Vegetarianism, Utilitarianism, and Animal Rights," Philosophy and Public Affairs, Summer.
1980 "Cruelty, Kindness, and Unnecessary Pain," Philosophy, October.
1980 "On the Connection Between Environmental Science and Environmental Ethics," Environmental Ethics, Winter.
1980 Matters of Life and Death. Editor, with an Introduction. Random House (paper) and Temple University Press (cloth).
1981 "The Nature and Possibility of an Environmental Ethic," Environmental Ethics, Spring. Reprinted in P. Werhane (ed.), Philosophical Issues in Human Rights (Random House, 1985).
1981 "Utilitarianism and Vegetarianism Again," Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals, Spring.
1981 "Animal Rights: An Introduction," in Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Ethics, Humanism and Medicine, University of Michigan (Alan R. Liss). Also in Animals in Education: The Use of Animals in High School Biology Classes and Science Fairs, H. McGriffin and N. Brownley, eds., (The Institute for the Study of Animal Problems).
1981 "Animals and the Law: The Need for Reform," Proceedings of the International Conference on the Philosophy of Law.
1982 "Animal Rights, Human Wrongs," in H. Miller and W. Williams, eds., The Moral Foundations of Public Policy: Ethics and Animals (Pegasus Press, 1982).
1982 "Frey on Simple Desires," Mind, Vol. XCI.
1982 "Moore's Use of Butler's Maxim," Journal of Value Inquiry, Winter.
1982 "On the Ethics of the Use of Animals in Science," with D. Jamieson, in Tom Regan and D. VanDeVeer, eds., And Justice For All (Rowman and Allanheld).
1982 "Against the Arguments for Whaling," in P. Wray, ed., The Human/Whale Connection (Center for Endangered Species).
1982 "On the Ethics of the Use of Animals in Science," with D. Jamieson, Lab Animal, Winter.
1982 "Duties to Animals: Rawls's Dilemma," Society for the Study of Ethics and Animals, Spring.
1982 And Justice For All: New Introductory Essays in Ethics and Social Policy. Co-edited with D. VanDeVeer. Rowman and Allanheld (in paper and cloth).
1982 All That Dwell Therein: Essays on Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics. University of California Press.
1983 "A Refutation of Utilitarianism," Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Summer.
1983 "Utility and Equality: Some Neglected Problems," Journal of Value Inquiry, Spring.
1983 Just Business: New Introductory Essays in Business Ethics. Editor, with an Introduction. New York: Random House (paper) and Temple University Press (cloth).
1983 Earthbound: New Introductory Essays in Environmental Ethics. Editor, with an Introduction. Random House (paper) and Temple University Press (cloth).
1983 The Case For Animal Rights. Cloth edition. University of California Press.
1983 The Case For Animal Rights. Cloth edition. Routledge and Kegan Paul (England).
1984 "Whales are Not Cetacean Resources," with Dale Jamieson, in M.W. Fox and L.D. Mickley (eds.), Advances in Animal Welfare Science (Dordrecht: Martin Nijhoff Publishers); reprinted in Whalewatcher: Journal of the American Cetacean Society, Winter.
1985 "The Other Victim," invited essay, The Hastings Center Report, February.
1985 "The Case for Animal Rights," In Defense of Animals, Peter Singer, ed., (Blackwells). Also in People, Penguins and Plastic Trees, C. Pierce and D. VanDeVeer, eds., (Wadsworth).
1985 "Ethical Vegetarianism and Commercial Animal Agriculture," in Today's Moral Problems, third edition, R. Wasserstrom, ed. (Macmillan).
1985 "Honey Dribbles Down Your Fur: Remarks on Environmental Ethics," Bowling Green Studies in Applied Philosophy, Volume VI.
1985 "Introduction," invited contribution to the Annual Convention of the Environmental Law Society, Stanford University Law School. Topic: Animal Rights and Environmental Law. Reprinted in The Newsletter, National Humanities Center, September.
1985 The Case For Animal Rights. Paper edition. University of California Press.
1986 ""The Case for Animal Rights," M.W. Fox and L.D. Mickley, eds., Advances in Animal Welfare Science (Washington: The Humane Society of the United States, 1986).
1986 "Ill-gotten Gains," in T. Regan and D. VanDeVeer, eds., Health Care Ethics (Temple University Press).
1986 "Pigs in Space!," Philosophica (Belgium), invited essay for special issue on the concept of The Moral Community. Also in Heaven and Earth, A. Linzey and P.J. Wexler, eds. (Churchman Publishing Ltd: England)
1987 "The Rights of Humans and Other Animals," Acata Physolica Scandinavica, 128, 86, 33-40.
1986 Health Care Ethics: An Introduction. Co-edited with Donald VanDeVeer. Temple University Press.
1986 Matters of Life and Death. Second edition, revised and expanded. Editor, with an Introduction.Random House.
1986 Animal Sacrifices: Religious Perspectives on the Use of Animals in Science. Editor, with a Preface. Temple University Press (in paper and cloth).
1987 "Allocation of Resources: Social and Political Factors," in Ethics in Emergency Medicine (Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1987).
1987 Love the Animals: Meditations and Prayers. Edited with Andrew Linzey. Crossroads.
1987 Song of Creation: An Anthology of Poems in Priase of Animals. Edited with Andrew Linzey. Marshall Pickering.
1987 The Struggle for Animal Rights. International Society for Animal Rights.
1987 Bloomsbury's Prophet: The Moral Philosophy of G.E. Moore. Temple University Press.
1987 G.E. Moore: The Early Essays. Editor, with an Introduction. Temple University Press.
1988 "Why Child Pornography is Wrong," in G. Scarre, ed., Ethics and Children (Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 1988).
1988 "Moore: The Liberator,"Reason Papers, No. 13, Spring.
1988 Animals and Christianity. Co-edited with Andrew Linzey. SPCK (London), Crossroads (US).
1988 Animal Rights and Human Obligations. Second, revised edition. Co-edited with Peter Singer. Prentice-Hall.
1988 The Case for Animal Rights. Paper. Routledge and Kegan Paul (England).
1989 "The Thee Generation," Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. XX, Nos. 1 & 2, Spring/Fall 1989.
1989 The Struggle for Animal Rights. 2nd ed. International Society for Animal Rights.
1990 Earthbound: Introductory Essays in Environmental Ethics. Waveland Press.
1990 I Dritti Animali. Italian translation of The Case for Animal Rights. Translated by Salvatore Veca. Garzanti.
1991 "Christianity and Animal Rights: The Challenge and the Promise," J. McDaniel, ed., The Liberator of Life (Obis).
1991 "The Theology of Everyday Life," Religion and World Community (Wonkwang University: South Korea).
1991 The Thee Generation: Reflections on the Coming Revolution. Temple University Press.
1992 "Animal Rights,""G.E. Moore,""W.D. Ross." Entries in The Encyclopedia of Ethics, edited by L. Becker, (Garland).
1992 "Does Environmental Ethics Rest on a Mistake?" The Monist, April.
1992 "Animal Liberation: What's In a Name?" O. Neumaier, et. al. (eds.), Applied Ethics and Its Foundations (Salzburg).
1992 "Christianity and the Oppression of Animals," J. McDaniel (ed.), Good News for Animals?(Orbis).
1992 "The Moral Status of Chimpanzees," Peter Singer (ed.), The Chimpanzee Project (Basil Blackwell).
1992 "The Case for Animal Rights," Baird and Rosenbaum (eds.), Animal Experimentation: The Moral Issue (Prometheus Books).
1992 "The Case for Animal Rights,"  T.A. Mappes & J.S. Zembaty (eds.), Social Ethics, 4/e (McGraw-Hill).
1992 "The Case for Animal Rights,"  Arthur Eastman (ed.), The Norton Reader (Norton).
1992 "The Case for Animal Rights," S. Sartis (ed.), Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Moral Issues , 3/e (Dushkin).
1992 "The Nature and Possibility of an Environmental Ethic,"  P. Werhane (ed.), Ethical Issues in Business: A Philosophical Approach , 4/e (Prentice Hall).
1992 "The Nature and Possibility of an Environmental Ethic," Michaels and Bowie (eds.), Environmental Ethics .
1992 "Rotten to the Core? Reflections on the Traditional Core Curriculum in American Higher Education,"  North Carolina Humanities .
1992 G.E. Moore: The Elements of Ethics. Edited, with an Introduction. Temple University Press.
1993 "The Consistency of Kant's Moral Philosophy,"  R. Chadwick (ed.), Kant: Critical Assessments (Routledge).
1993 "Environmental Ethics,"  S. Armstrong-Buck and R. Botzler (eds.), Understanding the Environment (McGraw-Hill).
1993 "The Nature and Possibility of an Environmental Ethic," S. Armstrong-Buck and R. Botzler (eds.), Understanding the Environment (McGraw-Hill).
1993 Matters of Life and Death. Third edition, revised and expanded. Editor, with an Introduction. McGraw-Hill.
1994 "The Case for Animal Rights," J.B. Callicott , et.al. (eds.), Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Social Ecology.
1994 "The Case for Animal Rights," D. VanDeVeer and C. Pierce (eds.) The Environmental Ethics Book . Wadsworth.
1994 "Animal Rights, Human Wrongs," Fred Westphal (ed.), Planet in Peril: Essays in Environmental Ethics . Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.
1994 "Animal Welfare and Rights," W.T. Veach (ed.), Encyclopedia of Bioethics, MacMillian.
1994 "The Case for Animal Rights: A Decade's Passing," R.T. Hull (ed.), A Quarter Century of Value Inquiry, Rodopi.
1994 "Ethical Vegetarianism and Sustainable Agriculture," P. Allen (ed.), Food for the Future: Conditions and Contradictions of Sustainability . John Wiley & Sons.
1994 All That Dwell Therein. [Greek translation]. Athens: Sun Publication.
1995 "Feminism and Vivisection," J. Howie (ed.), The Wayne Leys Memorial Lectures , Vol. III. Southern Illinois University Press.
1995 "Ivory Towers Should not a Prison Make," J. Sterba (ed.), Proceedings of the Ninth International Social Philosophy Conference . Rodopi.
1995 "The Nature and Possibility of an Environmental Ethic," Andrew Brennan (ed.), Environmental Ethics . Dartmouth.
1995 "Are Zoos Morally Defensible?" Bryan Norton (ed.), Zoos on the Ark: Zoos, Animal Welfare, and Wildlife Conservation. Smithsonian Institution.
1995 "The Nature and Possibility of an Environmental Ethic," Jill Bowman (ed), Environmental Issues: A Managerial Approach . Macmillan.
1995 "Die Begrundung von Tierrechten" ("The Case for Animal Rights"), Angela Krebs (ed.), Naturethik . Suhrkamp.
1995 "Moore and Bloomsbury: The Myth and the Man," Paul Kieh l (ed.), Proceedings of the 1994 Wittgenstein Symposium . Vienna: Holder-Tempsky-Pichler.
1995 "Animal Rights," H. Potter (ed.), Encyclopedia of Philosophy Supplement . Macmillan.
1995 "Ethical Vegetarianism and Commercial Animal Agriculture," Joram Haber (ed.), Ethics in the 90s . James and Bartlett.
1995 "The Animal Rights Position," Colman McCarthy (ed.), Peace Essays . Center for Teaching Peace.
1995 "The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism," Gene Blocker (ed.), Applied Social and Political Philosophy . Prentice-Hall.
1995 "The Nature and Possibility of an Environmental Ethic," Gary Percesepe (ed.), Ethics . Macmillan.
1995 "Utilitarianism, Vegetarianism and Animal Rights," (Italian translation).  G. Ferranti (ed.), Etica Y Animali . Liquori.
1995 The Radical Egalitarian Case for Animal Rights, Louis P. Pojman (ed.), Jones and Bartlett.
1995 "The Case for Animal Rights," Angelika Krebs (ed.), Naturethik: Ein Reader. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp.
1995 "The Case for Animals Rights," L.H. Paterson (ed.), The Norton Reader. New York: Norton.
1995 "The Case for Animals Rights: A Decade's Passing," Richard T. Hall (ed.), A Quarter Century of Value Inquiry: Presidential Addresses of the American Society for Value Inquiry. Amsterdam-Atlanta: Rodolpi.
1995 "The Nature and Possibility of an Environmental Ethic," J. Bowman (ed.), Environmental Issues: A Managerial Approach. New York: Macmillan.
1996 "Are Individual Rights Patriarchal?" Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Ethics.
1996 "Animal Welfare and Rights," D. Bonchert (ed.),   Encyclopedia of Philosophy Supplement. New York: Macmillan.
1996 "The Case for Animal Rights," Peter Valenti (ed.), Reading the Landscape, Writing a World. New York: Harcourt Brace.
1996 "The Case for Animal Rights," Lawrence M. Hinman (ed.), Contemporary Moral Issues: Diversity and Concensus. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
1996 "The Case for Animal Rights," Hugh Lafollette (ed.), Practical Ethics . London: Blackwell.
1996 "Christians Are What Christians Eat," Roger C. Gottleib (ed.), This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment. New York: Routledge.
1996 "Animal Rights, Human Wrongs," D. Michelfelder and W. Wilcox (eds.), Applied Ethics in American Society . New York: Harcourt Brace.
1996 "A Movement's Means Create a Movement's Ends," With Gary Francione;  Andrew Harnack (ed.), San Diego: Greenhaven Press.
1996 "Allocation of Resources: Social and Political Factors." Ed. K. V. Iserson, et. al.Ethics in Emergency Medicine. Second edition. Tucson: Galen Press.
1996 "The Case for Animal Rights." Ed. Andrew Harnack. Animal Rights: Opposing Views. San Diego: Greenhaven Press.
1996 "The Case for Animal Rights." Ed. R. V. Percival. Law and the Environment: An Interdisciplinary Reader. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
1996 "The Case for Animal Rights" [Finnish Translation]. Eds. Yrjo Uurtimo and Vesa Jaaksi. Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction. Tampere: Tampere University Press.
1996 "The Case for Animal Rights." Ed. H. LaFollette. Ethics in Practice. Oxford: Blackwell
1996 "The Case for Animal Rights." Ed. James White. Contemporary Ethical Issues, 5th edition. Westview.
1996 "The Case for Animal Rights." Eds. N. Rosenstand and R. Parker. Critical Issues. Mt. View, CA: Mayfield.
1996 "The Case for Animal Rights". Ed. Richard Parker. Reading the Landscape: Writing a World. New York: Harcourt Brace.
1996 "On the Ethics of the Use of Animals in Science,"" with D. Jamieson. Eds. S. Gendin, L. Kleiman, E. Erwin. Ethical Issues in Research. Hamden, CT: Garland.
1996 "Implications of the Rights View." Eds. P. Schumaker, D. Kiel, T. Heilke. Political Voices: Contributors to Competing Ideologies in the 19th and 20th Centuries. New York: McGraw Hill.
1997 "The Rights View." Eds. M. Bekoff and C. Meany. Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare. Westport, CT: Garland.
1997 "Animal Rights and Animal Welfare." Ed. D. M. Bochert. Encyclopedia of Philosophy Supplement. New York: Macmillan.
1997 "Animal Rights, Human Wrongs." Ed. D. Jacobs. Ways of Living. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendal/Hunt.
1997 "The Case for Animal Rights." Eds. P. J. Marke and S. Kahn. The Moral Dimension. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1998 "The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism." Ed. Judith Boss. Moral Problems Anthology. Mt. View, CA: Mayfield.
1998 "The Case for Animal Rights." [Finish translation] Ed. Vesa Jaaksi . Environmental Philosophy. Tampere: Tampere University Press.
1998 "The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism." Ed. Lisa Portmess. Ethical Vegetarianism: A Book of Readings. Albany: SUNY Press.
1998 "Rights Across Species." Ed. Otto Neumarer, et. al. Applied Ethics in a Troubled World. Dordrecht: Kluwer.
1998 The Case for Animal Rights. [Swedish translation]. Stockholm: Nya Doxa.
1999 "Introduction." Ed. Peter Steeves. Animal as Other. Albany: SUNY Press.
1999 "The Case for Animal Rights." Eds. J. Olen and V. Barry. Applying Ethics: A Text with Readings.
1999 "The Case Against Animal Research." Eds. T. L. Beauchamp and L. Walters. Contemporary Isues in Bioethics.
1999 "On the Ethics of the Use of Animals in Science," with Dale Jamieson. Ed. P. Tittle. Ethical Issues in Business. New York: Broadview.
1999 "Philosophical Perspectives on Hunting." Ed. P. Cohen. Ethics and Wildlife. Philadelphia: Edwin Mellen Press.
2000 Defending Animal Rights. University of Illinois Press.
2001 The Animal Rights Debate. With Carl Cohen. Rowman and Littlefield.
2001 The Case for Animal Rights [German translation]. Berlin: Harald Fischer Verlag.

Scope and Content Note


This collection contains correspondence, research files, drafts, published articles, audio visual materials, and artifacts. The primary foci of the collection are Tom Regan's two lifelong professional interests: Animal Rights, and the moral philosophy of G. E. Moore.These two subjects are treated fully through Regan's notes, writings, and presentations, as well as film and audio projects.

Organization of the Collection


Original order has been maintained where possible throughout the collection. The designated series reflect the groupings created by Regan.Wherever possible all materials related to a specific publication, public appearance, or University course have been placed in those respective series. The two exceptions to this general rule are the personal and the professional series. The former contains correspondence from family members and others unconnected to Regan's professional life, and the latter contains correspondence that treat Regan's general professional career. Because of the variety of materials and the size of the collection the specific organizing rationale can be found in the series descriptions.

The series for this collection are: Personal, Research, Writings, Public Appearances, University, Professional, Reprints and Publications, Audio - Visual Materials, Artifacts, and Oversized Materials.

Online Catalog Headings

Personal Names

  • Cullen, Jane A.
  • Francione, Gary L. (Gary Lawrence), 1954 -
  • Ghandi, Mahatma, 1869 - 1958
  • Moore, G.E. (George Edward), 1873 - 1958
  • Regan, Tom
  • Singer, Peter

Corporate Names

  • American Anti-Vivisection Society
  • Culture and Animals Foundation

Topics

  • Animal experimentation
  • Animal Rights
  • Animals in art
  • Ethics -- Study and teaching
  • Laboratory animals
  • Philosophy -- Study and teaching
  • Vivisection
  • Vegetarianism
  • Veganism

Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Personal, 1951 - 2001


    8 boxes, 3.75 linear feet

    This small series is divided into several sub-series. Since the collection focuses on Tom Regan's professional career, there is little personal correspondence or non-professional writings. These are placed at the beginning of the series. The bulk of this series consists of materials related to his education. Yearbooks, certificates, class notes, and his dissertation are placed in chronological order starting with Northern Allegheny High School (Pittsburgh), through Thiel College where he received his B.A., to the University of Virginia where he earned a M.A. and Ph.D. Publicity, consisting of interviews and clippings not related to specific books or appearances is placed after education. Finally, certificates and awards appear at the end of the series. Note that many of the certificates and awards are located physically in artifact or oversize boxes.

    • Correspondence, 1980 - 1995
      • Family, 1980 - 1995, [no date] [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 1]
      • Baby Book [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 1A]
      • General, 1982 - 1993
        • A - C [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 2]
        • D - K [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 3]
        • L, 1973, [no date] [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 4]
        • M - W [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 5]
        • General, no name,1982 - 1996 [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 6]
        • General, no name, [no date] [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 7]
    • Writings, 1959 - 1970
      • Personal: Curriculum Vitae and Autobiography [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 8]
        • "The Bird in the Cage" [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 9]
      • Poetry, 1959 - 1970
        • 1959 [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 10]
        • 1970 [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 11]
        • 1970, [no date] [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 12]
      • Miscellaneous
        • "How to Get and Keep Your Husband Interested in Antiques", [no date] [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 13]
        • "People, Places and Things", [no date] [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 14]
        • "Some Random Explanations for My Son" -- draft, [no date] and "Two Mortal Tales" [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 15]
    • Education, 1951 - 1966
      • High School, 1951 - 1956
        • Certificates, 1951 - 1956 [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 16]
        • Five Cloth High School Patches [located in Artifacts, Box 121]
        • High School Diploma, Northern Allegheny High School, 1956 [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 17]
        • Omicron, yearbook, 1952 [MC 236 Box 1, Folder 18]
      • Thiel College, 1956 - 1960
        • Miscellaneous plays, [no date] [MC 236 Box 2, Folder 1]
        • Transcript, certificates [MC 236 Box 2, Folder 2]
        • Examinations, 1958 [MC 236 Box 2, Folder 3]
        • Notebooks, [no date] [MC 236 Box 2, Folder 4]
        • Miscellaneous notes, [no date] [MC 236 Box 2, Folder 5]
        • Miscellaneous notes, [no date] [MC 236 Box 2, Folder 6]
        • Diploma, 1960 [MC 236 Box 2, Folder 7]
        • Endymion, yearbook
          • 1957 [MC 236 Box 2, Folder 8]
          • 1958 [MC 236 Box 2, Folder 9]
          • 1959 [MC 236 Box 3, Folder 1]
          • 1960 [MC 236 Box 3, Folder 2]
      • University of Virginia
        • Philosophy files
          • Aesthetics [MC 236 Box 3, Folder 3]
          • Aquinas [MC 236 Box 3, Folder 4]
          • Aristotle: Essays [MC 236 Box 3, Folder 5]
          • Aristotle: Notes [MC 236 Box 3, Folder 6]
          • Augustine [MC 236 Box 3, Folder 7]
          • Decartes [MC 236 Box 3, Folder 8]
          • Epistemology I [MC 236 Box 4, Folder 1]
          • Epistemology II [MC 236 Box 4, Folder 2]
          • Ethics I [MC 236 Box 4, Folder 3]
          • Ethics II [MC 236 Box 4, Folder 4]
          • Hume I [MC 236 Box 4, Folder 5]
          • Hume II [MC 236 Box 4, Folder 6]
          • Hume III [MC 236 Box 4, Folder 7]
          • Kant I [MC 236 Box 4, Folder 8]
          • Kant II [MC 236 Box 4, Folder 9]
          • Locke [MC 236 Box 5, Folder 1]
          • Metaphysics [MC 236 Box 5, Folder 2]
          • Mill [MC 236 Box 5, Folder 3]
          • Moore, G.E. I [MC 236 Box 5, Folder 4]
          • Moore, G.E. II [MC 236 Box 5, Folder 5]
          • Moore, G.E. III [MC 236 Box 5, Folder 6]
          • Moore, G.E. IV [MC 236 Box 5, Folder 7]
          • Plato [MC 236 Box 5, Folder 8]
        • Ph.D. Program
          • Preliminary Exams [MC 236 Box 5, Folder 9]
          • Doctoral Program Information [MC 236 Box 5, Folder 10]
          • PhD Dissertation: "The Commendation Thesis", 1966 [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 1]
    • Publicity, 1977 - 2000
      • Interviews
        • 1984 - 1988 [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 2]
        • Vegan, June, 1988 - August, 1988 [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 3]
        • September, 1988 - 1990 [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 4]
        • Monash University, 1997 [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 5]
        • Oral History Project, 2000 [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 6]
        • 2000, [no date] [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 7]
        • Portugal, 2001 [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 8]
        • Alex Arrigoni, [no date] [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 9]
        • Claudette Vaughn, [no date] [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 10]
      • Clippings
        • 1950 - 1984 [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 11]
        • 1985 - 1986 [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 12]
        • 1987 [MC 236 Box 6, Folder 13]
        • 1988 [MC 236 Box 7, Folder 1]
        • 1989 - 1990 [MC 236 Box 7, Folder 2]
        • [no date] [MC 236 Box 7, Folder 3]
    • Certificates/Awards, 1970 - 2001

      See also Artifact boxes for plaques and medals
    • Photographs
      • Early Tom Regan [MC 236 Box 7, Folder 7]
      • Department Party, 1987 [MC 236 Box 7, Folder 8]
      • Publicity Photos [MC 236 Box 7, Folder 9]
      • Publicity Photos [MC 236 Box 7, Folder 10]
      • Publicity Photos and Slides [MC 236 Box 7, Folder 11]
      • NCSU Libraries Exhibit, 2001 [MC 236 Box 7, Folder 12]
      • Rescue Photo, 2001 [MC 236 Box 7, Folder 13]
      • Animal Cruelty [MC 236 Box 7, Folder 14]
      • Art [MC 236 Box 7, Folder 15]
      • Bookplates

        See Artifacts Series Box 122
      • Matted Montage

        See Artifacts Series Box 124
      • Seoul / Hawaii, [no date] [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 1]
      • Jimmie Carter [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 2]
      • Holiday Medal Ceremony [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 3]
      • Miscellaneous Photos [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 4]
    • Miscellaneous
      • Calenders
        • 1988 - 1989 [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 5]
        • 1992 - 1994 [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 6]
        • 1996 - 1999 [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 7]
        • 2000 [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 8]
        • [no date] [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 9]
      • Postcards
        • Animals [Folder 1 of 2] [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 10]
        • Animals [Folder 2 of 2] [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 11]
        • Bloomsbury [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 12]
        • General [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 13]
      • Cards, Invitations, etc. [MC 236 Box 7A, Folder 14]

    [Return to Descriptive Summary]

  • Research


    The research series maintains Tom Regan's original order throughout. His two main professional pursuits are reflected in the two largest sub-series: Animals and G. E. Moore. The Animals sub-series is further divided into medical, "negative," and types, issues, and organizations. The "negative" classification refers to information negative to Regan's position in the animal rights movement. This includes attacks on the movement and counter movements that emphasize humane treatment of animals in research. Topics in the Animals sub-series are arranged alphabetically. The G. E. Moore sub-series contains articles written by Moore, as well as reprints of articles written about Moore. For Tom Regan's notes and drafts of his writings on Moore, see the writings series. Appearing after the two main sub-series are two smaller groupings. The subject files treat research information not related to animals or Moore, while the book notes files are notes removed from books that are in the Tom Regan book collection. The book notes sub-series is organized alphabetically according to the title of the book from whence they came.

    • Animals
      • Medical
        • Agent Orange, [no date] [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 1]
        • AIDS
          • 1985 - 1987 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 2]
          • 1988 - 1991 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 3]
          • 1992 - 1995 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 4]
        • Alternatives
          • 1986 - 1987 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 5]
          • January, 1988 - June, 1988 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 6]
          • July, 1988 - December, 1988 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 7]
          • 1989 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 8]
          • 1990 - 1991 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 9]
          • 1992 - 1995 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 10]
          • [no date] [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 11]
        • Animal Experiments Retard Progress, 1988 - 1991 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 12]
        • Attitude of Scientists, 1986 - 1987 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 13]
        • Cancer
          • 1978 - 1986 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 14]
          • 1987 - 1988 [MC 236 Box 8, Folder 15]
          • 1990 - 1991 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 1]
          • [no date] [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 2]
        • Drugs
          • 1986 - 1987 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 3]
          • 1988 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 4]
          • 1989 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 5]
          • January, 1990 - June 1, 1990 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 6]
          • June 15, 1990 - November, 1990 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 7]
          • 1992 - 1993 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 8]
          • [no date] [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 9]
        • Enforcement, 1990 - 1992 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 10]
        • Fraud, 1987 - 1989 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 11]
        • Health Care, 1986 - 1992 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 12]
        • Health - Poor/Child, 1986 - 1991 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 13]
        • Health - Poor/Child, [no date] [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 14]
        • Liability, 1990 - 1991 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 15]
        • Medicine - History, 1973 - 1991 [MC 236 Box 9, Folder 16]
        • Military, 1986 - 1991 [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 1]
        • Peer Review, 1983 - 1992 [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 2]
        • Politics, 1996 [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 3]
        • Product Testing, 1968 - 1998 [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 4]
        • Product Testing, [no date] [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 5]
        • Research Violations, 1988 [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 6]
        • Toxicity, 1990 [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 7]
        • Whistle Blowers, 1988 - 1989 [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 8]
      • Negative
        • AMA, 1992 [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 9]
        • AMA, 1993 [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 10]
        • Animals-Humane Research
          • United Action for Animals [Folder 1 of 3] [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 11]
          • United Action for Animals [Folder 2 of 3] [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 12]
          • United Action for Animals [Folder 3 of 3] [MC 236 Box 10, Folder 13]
          • General
            • 1977 - 1979
              		 [MC 236 Box 11, Folder 1]
            • 1980 [MC 236 Box 11, Folder 2]
            • 1981 [MC 236 Box 11, Folder 3]
            • 1983 - 1984 [MC 236 Box 11, Folder 4]
            • [no date] [MC 236 Box 11, Folder 5]
        • Draize
          • Karen Regan Correspondence, 1983 [MC 236 Box 11, Folder 6]
          • General, 1976 - 1980 [MC 236 Box 11, Folder 7]
          • General, 1981 - 1983 [MC 236 Box 11, Folder 8]
          • General, [no date] [MC 236 Box 11, Folder 9]
        • Freedom of Information Act [MC 236 Box 11, Folder 10]
        • Goodwin
          • 1985 - 1987 [MC 236 Box 11, Folder 11]
          • 1988 [MC 236 Box 11, Folder 12]
          • 1989 [MC 236 Box 12, Folder 1]
          • 1990 [MC 236 Box 12, Folder 2]
          • 1991 - 1992 [MC 236 Box 12, Folder 3]
          • [no date] [MC 236 Box 12, Folder 4]
        • McGabe, 1990 [MC 236 Box 12, Folder 5]
        • Medical Establishment
          • "Animal Research," 1988 [MC 236 Box 12, Folder 6]
          • Henry Hutto, 1990 [MC 236 Box 12, Folder 7]
          • General, 1980 - 1989 [MC 236 Box 12, Folder 8]
          • General, 1990 [MC 236 Box 12, Folder 9]
          • General, 1991 - 1995 [MC 236 Box 12, Folder 10]
          • General, [no date] [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 1]
        • Putting People First, 1990 - 1992 [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 2]
        • Putting People First, 1993 - 1994 [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 3]
        • Research Helping Animals, [no date]

          See Oversize Materials Box 126.
        • Sullivan HHS
          • Clippings, 1986 - 1989 [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 4]
          • Clippings, 1990 - 1995 [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 5]
          • Clippings, [no date] [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 6]
          • Pamphlets, 1992 - 1993 [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 7]
          • Pamphlets, [no date] [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 8]
        • Taub, Edward, 1990 [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 9]
        • Trull, 1987 - 1992 [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 10]
        • Miscellaneous
          • Clippings, 1989 - 1990 [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 11]
          • Clippings, [no date] [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 12]
          • Pamphlets, 1983 - 1989 [MC 236 Box 13, Folder 13]
      • Types, Issues, Organizations
        • "101 - Non-Animal Biology Lab Methods" [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 1]
        • AAVS, 1992 - 1995 [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 2]
        • Activism, 1989 - 1997 [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 3]
        • Activism, [no date] [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 4]
        • Alternatives, 1996 - 1998 [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 5]
        • Animals
          • Art, 1980 [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 6]
          • Bibliography, 1986 [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 7]
          • Bibliography, 1990 [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 8]
          • Circuses, 1986 - 1988 [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 9]
          • Endangered Species-Notes [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 10]
          • Endangered Species-General, 1976 - 1988 [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 11]
          • Films, 1975 - 1980 [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 12]
          • Films, [no date] [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 13]
          • Infant Minds, 1996 - 1997 [MC 236 Box 14, Folder 2]
          • Issues, 1993 [MC 236 Box 15, Folder 1]
          • Legal
            • Notes, 1985 [MC 236 Box 15, Folder 2]
            • General, 1977 - 1978 [MC 236 Box 15, Folder 3]
            • General, 1979 - 1981 [MC 236 Box 15, Folder 4]
            • General, 1982 [MC 236 Box 15, Folder 5]
            • General, 1983 [MC 236 Box 15, Folder 6]
            • General, 1985 - 1992 [MC 236 Box 15, Folder 7]
            • General, [no date] [MC 236 Box 15, Folder 8]
            • General, [no date] [MC 236 Box 15, Folder 9]
          • Politics, 1984 [MC 236 Box 15, Folder 10]
          • Violence, 1994 - 1998 [MC 236 Box 16, Folder 1]
          • Welfare, 1991 - 1993 [MC 236 Box 16, Folder 2]
          • Wild, 1980 - 1992 [MC 236 Box 16, Folder 3]
          • Wild, [no date] [MC 236 Box 16, Folder 4]
        • "Animals' Voice"
          • Correspondence, 1989 - 1990 [MC 236 Box 16, Folder 5]
          • Board Meeting, 1989 [MC 236 Box 16, Folder 6]
          • Drafts, 1989 - 1990 [MC 236 Box 16, Folder 7]
          • Reprints, [no date] [MC 236 Box 16, Folder 8]
        • Anti-Vivisection, 1985 - 1988 [MC 236 Box 16, Folder 9]
        • Anti-Vivisection, [no date] [MC 236 Box 16, Folder 10]
        • Attitudes, 1994 [MC 236 Box 16, Folder 11]
        • AVAR, 1996 [MC 236 Box 16, Folder 12]
        • Beef, 1988 - 1992 [MC 236 Box 17, Folder 1]
        • Beef, [no date] [MC 236 Box 17, Folder 2]
        • Childhood Cruelty, 1987 - 1993 [MC 236 Box 17, Folder 3]
        • Chimps, 1979 - 1988 [MC 236 Box 17, Folder 4]
        • Chimps, 1991 - 1993 [MC 236 Box 17, Folder 5]
        • Chimps, [no date] [MC 236 Box 17, Folder 6]
        • Civil Disobedience, 1989 [MC 236 Box 17, Folder 7]
        • Civitas, [no date] [MC 236 Box 17, Folder 8]