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Human rights and animal rights: differences matter
Menschenrechte und Tierrechte: auf die Unterschiede kommt es an
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Abstract
This critique of Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka’s important book, Zoopolis, asks in what respect humans and animals categorically differ and to what extent this difference counts in a moral sense. Second, the text explains why it is illegitimate to equate human victims of racial discrimination and ... view more
This critique of Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka’s important book, Zoopolis, asks in what respect humans and animals categorically differ and to what extent this difference counts in a moral sense. Second, the text explains why it is illegitimate to equate human victims of racial discrimination and murder with tormented and killed animals. Finally, it is demonstrated why the conceptual analogies to animals presented in this book, namely 'co-citizens' as a term for animals that live in companionship with humans, 'denizens' for those animals that cross borders between human and natural living spaces, and 'sovereign nations' for wild animals, have to be interpreted as overstretched analogies. The main thesis is that the promise of the book - to develop a political theory of animals' rights - remains unfulfilled.... view less
Keywords
human rights; animal; law; value; morality; ethics; human dignity; equality; political theory
Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Law
Free Keywords
Zoopolis; citizenship; human-animal relations; animal rights; human rights
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 55-62
Journal
Historical Social Research, 40 (2015) 4
Issue topic
Animal politics: a new research agenda in political theory
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed