Reflexiones morales sobre los animales en la filosofía de Martha Nussbaum

the main question about moral treatment to non-human animals is not anymore a matter of applied ethics, assumed by some intellectuals, but a social demand which urges for its resolution. as a response to this requirement, martha nussbaum, offers -opposite to the proposals by peter singer, richars m. hare or tom regan- a new perspective to abord the speciesist problem: the capabilities approach. in this article we expose the main ideas in the nussbaum iniciative, and question, as a discussion, some aspects on her capacities focus.