# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-rachels
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:57:11.543Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-rachels"
name: "James Rachels"
slug: "james-rachels"
description: "James Webster Rachels was an American philosopher who specialized in ethics and animal rights."
tagline: "American philosopher (1941–2003)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1941-05-30"
deathDate: "2003-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump