Ethical and Political Approaches to Nonhuman Animal Issues [electronic resource] /
Woodhall, Andrew.editor.
Garmendia da Trindade, Gabriel.editor.
This book offers ethical and political approaches to issues that nonhuman animals face. The recent ‘political turn’ in interspecies ethics, from ethical to political approaches, has arisen due to the apparent lack of success of the nonhuman animal movement and dissatisfaction with traditional approaches. Current works largely present general positions rather than address specific issues and principally rely on mainstream approaches. This book offers alternative positions such as cosmopolitan, libertarian, and left humanist thought, as well as applying ethical and political thought to specific issues, such as experimentation, factory farming, nonhuman political agency, and intervention. Presenting work by theorists and activists, insights are offered from both ethics and politics that impact theory and practice and offer essential considerations for those engaging in interspecies ethics within the political turn era.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
1.Introduction; Andrew Woodhall & Gabriel Garmendia da Trindade.-2. Making Light of the Ethical?; Mark Rowlands -- 3. Far-persons; Gary Comstock -- 4. Evolution to Liberation; Steve F. Sapontzis -- 5. Robert Nozick on Nonhuman Animals; Josh Milburn -- 6. Reinventing Left Humanism; Zipporah Weisberg -- 7. Justice for Animals in a Globalizing World; Angie Pepper -- 8. Animal Rights and the Distorting Power of Anthropocentric Prejudice; Gary Steiner -- 9. Interspecies Encounters and the Political Turn; Eva Meijer -- 10. Gandhian Satyagraha and Open Animal Rescue; Tony Milligan -- 11. Shame; Elisa Aaltola -- 12. Are We Smart Enough to Know When to Take the Political Turn for Animals?; Kim Stallwood -- 13. Interspecies Atrocities and the Politics of Memory; Guy Scotton -- 14. Animal Research and the Political Theory of Animal Rights; Gardar Arnason -- 15. Cross-Species Comparisons of Welfare; Tatjana Višak -- 16. Population Dynamics Meets Animal Ethics; Oscar Horta -- 17. Afterword; Carol J. Adams -- Index.
This book offers ethical and political approaches to issues that nonhuman animals face. The recent ‘political turn’ in interspecies ethics, from ethical to political approaches, has arisen due to the apparent lack of success of the nonhuman animal movement and dissatisfaction with traditional approaches. Current works largely present general positions rather than address specific issues and principally rely on mainstream approaches. This book offers alternative positions such as cosmopolitan, libertarian, and left humanist thought, as well as applying ethical and political thought to specific issues, such as experimentation, factory farming, nonhuman political agency, and intervention. Presenting work by theorists and activists, insights are offered from both ethics and politics that impact theory and practice and offer essential considerations for those engaging in interspecies ethics within the political turn era.
Philosophy of nature.
Ethics.
Political science
Bioethics.
Philosophy of Nature.
Moral Philosophy.
Political Philosophy.
Bioethics.