Multispecies Justice: The moral, legal & political status of humans & non-humans | Alasdair Cochrane

'Animals, Political Membership and Hate Speech'
Dr Alasdair Cochrane, The University of Sheffield

One of the defining features of theories of the so-called 'political turn' in animal ethics is that they take animals not just to be bearers of moral status, but also political status. Indeed, a good many such theories claim that we should come to recognise some animals as shared members of multi-species political communities. Recognising the membership status of animals has some important implications for what duties they are ‘owed’. Dr Alasdair Cochrane contributes to this discussion by asking whether it is possible to use 'hate speech' against animals.

This paper was presented at 'The moral, legal & political status of humans, animals and the environment' symposium, part of the Thinking and Enacting Justice in a Multispecies World symposia series, held at the University of Sydney 12 – 20 June 2019. For more information:

Animal Rights,Political Theory,Multispecies Justice,Animals,Animal Ethics,