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Starting from the conceptual distinction between human and non-human animal, this article seeks to account for a dimension of the animal question that goes beyond problems related to specism. While the specific practices harm non-human animals by the mere fact of not belonging to the human species, the aspect of the discussion that is sought to account in this work corresponds to the conceptual apparatus that sustains these practices and whose scope have important consequences also in the life of human beings. How involved are we in the animal issue? Following the proposal by Corine Pelluchon in Manifiesto Animalista (2018), this article raises the animal issue as a political strategy or program. The animal issue and the recognition of our shared condition of finite beings can be the philosophical and normative orientation for new horizons of coexistence, social and political organization. ; Partiendo desde la distinción conceptual entre humano y animal no-humano, el presente artículo busca dar cuenta de una dimensión de la cuestión animal que va más allá de los problemas relacionados con el especismo como tal. Mientras las prácticas especistas perjudican a los animales no-humanos por el mero hecho de no pertenecer a la especie humana, el aspecto de la discusión del cual se busca dar cuenta en el presente trabajo corresponde al aparato conceptual que sostiene dichas prácticas y cuyos alcances tienen consecuencias importantes también en la vida de los seres humanos. ¿Qué tan implicados estamos en la cuestión animal? Siguiendo la propuesta por Corine Pelluchon en Manifiesto Animalista (2018), el presente artículo plantea la cuestión animal como una estrategia o programa político. La cuestión animal y el reconocimiento de nuestra condición compartida de seres finitos pueden constituir una orientación filosófica y normativa para nuevos horizontes de convivencia, organización social y política.

This thesis investigates how contemporary philosophy (from 1970) deals with the animal issue. The principal aim of this work is to single out three different ways to face the problem: ethical, phenomenological and genealogical. The thesis outlines characteristics and limits of these approaches and tries to make a dialogue between them, in order to find new perspectives and underline further lines of research. From Singer to Derrida, from Deleuze to Agamben, from Regan to Plumwood, each chapter of the whole document follows the purpose to compare analytic and continental views on the topic, in order to emphasize the main thematical issues of the authors analysed.

The Rowlands target article makes a case, based on John Locke's metaphysical argument, that personhood can be applied to many species beyond a few nonhuman primates. The problem with this argument is that personhood has an open-ended list of defining attributes and can, at best only be partially applied to nonhuman species. Therefore, a dichotomous distinction cannot be made between qualifying and non-qualifying species. Instead, between-species comparisons must be based on observational and experimental procedures to demonstrate the extent to which human mental attributes are shared with other species. This would allow a more informed view about the appropriateness of personhood in nonhumans.

The literature on social justice, and social justice movements themselves, routinely ignore nonhuman animals as legitimate subjects of social justice. Yet, as with other social justice movements, the contemporary animal liberation movement has as its focus the elimination of institutional and systemic domination and oppression. In this paper, I explicate the philosophical and theoretical foundations of the contemporary animal rights movement, and situate it within the framework of social justice. I argue that those committed to social justice – to minimizing violence, exploitation, domination, objectification, and oppression – are equally obligated to consider the interests of all sentient beings, not only those of human beings.

This open access book contains 13 contributions on global animal law, preceded by an introduction which explains key concepts and methods. Global Animal Law refers to the sum of legal rules and principles (both state-made and non-state-made) governing the interaction between humans and other animals, on a domestic, local, regional, and international level. Global animal law is the response to the mismatch between almost exclusively national animal-related legislation on the one hand, and the global dimension of the animal issue on the other hand. The chapters lay some historical foundations in the ius naturae et gentium, examine various aspects of how national and international law traditionally deals with animals as commodity; and finally suggest new legal concepts and protective strategies. The book shows numerous entry points for animal issues in international law and at the same time shifts the focus and scope of inquiry.