Realizing Interspecies Democracy: The Preconditions for an Egalitarian, Multispecies, World

Sue Donaldson; Janneke Vink; Jean-Paul Gagnon

doi:10.3167/dt.2021.080105

Realizing Interspecies Democracy: The Preconditions for an Egalitarian, Multispecies, World

Sue Donaldson, Janneke Vink, Jean-Paul Gagnon

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

9 Citations (Scopus)

58 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Sue Donaldson, Janneke Vink, and Jean-Paul Gagnon discuss the problem of anthropocentric democratic theory and the preconditions needed to realize a (corrective) interspecies democracy. Donaldson proposes the formal involvement of nonhuman animals in political institutions—a revolutionary task; Vink argues for changes to the law that would cover nonhuman animals with inviolable political rights; and Gagnon advises a personal change to dietary choices (veganism) and ethical orientations (do no harm). Together, the three proposals point to a future position where humans can participate in a multispecies world in which nonhuman others are freed from our tyrannical grasp.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71 - 95
Number of pages	25
Journal	Democratic Theory
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3167/dt.2021.080105
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.3167/dt.2021.080105Licence: CC BY-NC-ND

EditorialFinal published version, 543 KBLicence: CC BY-NC-ND

Cite this

@article{fb6b08ee1825482b9bb5478e0ac811b6,

title = "Realizing Interspecies Democracy: The Preconditions for an Egalitarian, Multispecies, World",

abstract = "Sue Donaldson, Janneke Vink, and Jean-Paul Gagnon discuss the problem of anthropocentric democratic theory and the preconditions needed to realize a (corrective) interspecies democracy. Donaldson proposes the formal involvement of nonhuman animals in political institutions—a revolutionary task; Vink argues for changes to the law that would cover nonhuman animals with inviolable political rights; and Gagnon advises a personal change to dietary choices (veganism) and ethical orientations (do no harm). Together, the three proposals point to a future position where humans can participate in a multispecies world in which nonhuman others are freed from our tyrannical grasp.",

keywords = "democracy, democratic theory, democratization, animal rights, animal politics, non-human democracy, multispecies democracy, nonhumans, egalitarianism, intergenerational justice, intersubjectivity, multispecies politics, interspecies democracy, animals",

author = "Sue Donaldson and Janneke Vink and Jean-Paul Gagnon",

year = "2021",

month = jun,

doi = "10.3167/dt.2021.080105",

language = "English",

volume = "8",

pages = "71 -- 95",

journal = "Democratic Theory",

issn = "2332-8894",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Realizing Interspecies Democracy

T2 - The Preconditions for an Egalitarian, Multispecies, World

AU - Donaldson, Sue

AU - Vink, Janneke

AU - Gagnon, Jean-Paul

PY - 2021/6

Y1 - 2021/6

N2 - Sue Donaldson, Janneke Vink, and Jean-Paul Gagnon discuss the problem of anthropocentric democratic theory and the preconditions needed to realize a (corrective) interspecies democracy. Donaldson proposes the formal involvement of nonhuman animals in political institutions—a revolutionary task; Vink argues for changes to the law that would cover nonhuman animals with inviolable political rights; and Gagnon advises a personal change to dietary choices (veganism) and ethical orientations (do no harm). Together, the three proposals point to a future position where humans can participate in a multispecies world in which nonhuman others are freed from our tyrannical grasp.

AB - Sue Donaldson, Janneke Vink, and Jean-Paul Gagnon discuss the problem of anthropocentric democratic theory and the preconditions needed to realize a (corrective) interspecies democracy. Donaldson proposes the formal involvement of nonhuman animals in political institutions—a revolutionary task; Vink argues for changes to the law that would cover nonhuman animals with inviolable political rights; and Gagnon advises a personal change to dietary choices (veganism) and ethical orientations (do no harm). Together, the three proposals point to a future position where humans can participate in a multispecies world in which nonhuman others are freed from our tyrannical grasp.

KW - democracy

KW - democratic theory

KW - democratization

KW - animal rights

KW - animal politics

KW - non-human democracy

KW - multispecies democracy

KW - nonhumans

KW - egalitarianism

KW - intergenerational justice

KW - intersubjectivity

KW - multispecies politics

KW - interspecies democracy

KW - animals

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85138050832&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3167/dt.2021.080105

DO - 10.3167/dt.2021.080105

M3 - Article

SN - 2332-8894

VL - 8

SP - 71

EP - 95

JO - Democratic Theory

JF - Democratic Theory

IS - 1

ER -

Realizing Interspecies Democracy: The Preconditions for an Egalitarian, Multispecies, World

Abstract

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this