动物的尴尬地位——自然体权利论之批判

Animals' Awkward Status——Critique of the Natural Body Right

《德国民法典》第90a条"动物不是物"的规定是基于环境伦理学有关动物应成为权利主体的主张出台的,它给整个法学界带来了巨大的冲击,似乎动物的传统法律地位正发生着革命性的变化,动物取得主体权即成为权利主体即将成为现实。但是自然体权利论在理论上无法自圆其说,环境伦理学上的主张并不能等同于法律学的共识,德国法上的规定也并不意味着法律上权利主体的范围已扩张至动物,动物的法律地位仍然不可能是主体。

In accordance with Article 90a of ＂the German Civil Code＂,the stipulation that ＂the animal is no thing＂ is based on the idea that animal should be the body of right in the environment ethics. It has brought a huge impact on the entire world of law. And it＇seems that there is a revolutionary change in the traditional status of animal bodies,and a fact is coming into being that animals will become the right bodies as soon as they acquire the right of body. However the Natural Body Right Theory can＇t justify itself in theory for the view of environmental ethics is not equal to the commonsense of laws. The German law doesn＇t mean the legal right bodies have extended to animals. That＇s to say that animals will never be the legal right main bodies.