All That Dwell Therein: Essays on Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics

The aim of this essay is to look at the manner in which the philosophical ethics of Emmauel Levinas can be brought into dialogue with environmental ethics and animal rights. Though his work has often been seen as being at odds with environmental concerns is general, I wish to highlight a basic portraiture of what Levinas' ethics of responsibility and substitution might look like within such a context and to point out the deep resonance which his work has with other recent philosophical attempts to develop similar lines of environmental responsibility. In the end, this essay tries to point such Levinasian insights beyond Levinas' own approach and toward a reckoning with a more 'object oriented' approach to our most fundamental ethical concerns today. Though this presentation will certainly challenge the standard Levinasian division between moral subjects and their objects, such reasoning, it is argued, is beneficial not only for ethical quandaries, but also for re-conceiving the nature of the human-being in its interconnectedness to the environment around it.

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Introduction

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198746140.013.33 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel Cozort ◽

James Mark Shields

Keyword(s):

Environmental Ethics ◽

Animal Rights ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Social Economic ◽

Applied Ethics ◽

First Century ◽

Buddhist Ethics ◽

Multiple Perspectives ◽

Comprehensive Overview ◽

The Past

In the past twenty years, the sub-discipline of Buddhist ethics has expanded in terms of the breadth of methodological perspective and depth of inquiry. Scholars have used Buddhist resources to analyse a number of contemporary controversies, including human rights, women’s rights, animal rights, sexuality, war, terrorism, violence, social, economic and retributive justice, as well as various issues of concern to biomedical and environmental ethics. Beyond matters of philosophical and applied ethics, anthropologists and sociologists have studied the effect of Buddhism upon various cultures of Asia. The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Ethics is intended as a comprehensive overview of the state of the field of Buddhist ethics in the second decade of the twenty-first century. Contributions by twenty-nine international scholars provide balanced and critical review essays on particular aspects of Buddhist ethics related to their current research. This handbook will serve as a leading resource for current and future scholars in this burgeoning field of study but will also be of interest to anyone interested in multiple perspectives on ethical issues.

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Animal Rights

10.1093/wentk/9780199739974.001.0001 ◽

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Paul Waldau

Keyword(s):

Environmental Ethics ◽

Animal Rights ◽

Animal Cognition ◽

Companion Animals ◽

Full Spectrum ◽

Animal Rights Movement ◽

Animal Protection ◽

History Of ◽

The Many ◽

Definition Of

In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. Organized around a series of probing questions, this timely resource offers the most complete, even-handed survey of the animal rights movement available. The book covers the full spectrum of issues, beginning with a clear, highly instructive definition of animal rights. Waldau looks at the different concerns surrounding companion animals, wild animals, research animals, work animals, and animals used for food, provides a no-nonsense assessment of the treatment of animals, and addresses the philosophical and legal arguments that form the basis of animal rights. Along the way, readers will gain insight into the history of animal protection-as well as the political and social realities facing animals today-and become familiar with a range of hot-button topics, from animal cognition and autonomy, to attempts to balance animal cruelty versus utility. Chronicled here are many key figures and organizations responsible for moving the animal rights movement forward, as well as legislation and public policy that have been carried out around the world in the name of animal rights and animal protection. The final chapter of this indispensable volume looks ahead to the future of animal rights, and delivers an animal protection mandate for citizens, scientists, governments, and other stakeholders. With its multidisciplinary, non-ideological focus and all-inclusive coverage, Animal Rights represents the definitive survey of the animal rights movement-one that will engage every reader and student of animal rights, animal law, and environmental ethics.

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From Non-human Animals to the Environment

Process Philosophy and Political Liberalism ◽

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474453400.003.0007 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 161-197

Author(s):

Daniel A. Dombrowski

Keyword(s):

Environmental Ethics ◽

Animal Rights ◽

Nonhuman Animal ◽

Right Wing ◽

Nonhuman Animals

Chapter Abstract: In this chapter a politically liberal defence of both nonhuman animal rights and environmental ethics is offered so as to challenge right-wing and Marxist versions of environmentalism. Anthropocentrism is criticized. Despite violence against both humans and nonhuman animals and the environment, there are grounds for optimism regarding the processual effort to asymptotically approach a realistic utopia that is just.

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