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The Open Society and Its Animals

The Open Society and Its Animals

Vink, Janneke

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave MacMillan Animal Ethics

PhilosophyMedical Reference

ISBN10: 3030419231
ISBN13: 9783030419233
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jul 11 2020
Pages: 375
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book is an interdisciplinary study centred on the political and legal position of animals in liberal democracies. With due concern for both animals and the sustainability of liberal democracies, The Open Society and Its Animals seeks to redefine animals' political-legal position in the most successful political model of our time. Advancements in modern science point out that many animals are sentient and that, like humans, they have certain elementary interests. The revised perception of animals as beings with elementary interests raises questions concerning the liberal democratic institutional framework: does a liberal democracy have a responsibility towards the animals on its territory, and if so, what kind? Do animals need legal animal rights and lawyers to represent them in court, and should they also be represented in parliament? And how much change of this kind could a liberal democracy really endure?

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