Human Morality and Ethical Treatment to Animals in Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Abstract

This research paper explores the projection of animal rights in Milan Kundera's novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being. It focuses upon the deep irony presented in the different aspects of life values and fundamental rightsin relation to human life. This thesis consisted of a wide review of relevant literature on animal rights resolutions and movements. The research approach adopted in the research paper includes John Berger’s Why Look at Animal, Tom Regans' Defending Animals Right and The Case for Animal Rights and M. Coetzee's The Lives of Animal. The findings from this research show that the animals become the first victims in the tussle of human beings, though they claim this as the result of their nationality. The idea that only human beings can be holders of rights is thought to be a conventional wisdom.This commonly held belief has been questioned by animal rights activists several times by filing the lawsuits on behalf of certain captive great animals. These cases showed that the question of the legal status of animals is very alive today and needs careful attention. This research paper recommends that an isolation should never be used as arrogant and disgusting term in modern age because humans must understand that the earth was created for everyone.

Keywords: Animal Right, Ethics, Ecocriticism, Animal right movements.