Animal agriculture predominantly involves farming social animals. At the same time, the
nature of agriculture requires severely disrupting, eliminating, and controlling the …

We eat animals. We wear their skins. We do experiments on them. We put them in zoos. We
breed them to be pets. We regard them as nuisances that need to be managed. Maybe all …

Freedom is among the central values in political philosophy. Freedom also features heavily
in normative arguments in ethics, politics, and law. Yet different sides often invoke freedom …

Persons with cognitive disabilities and nonhuman animals are denied the right to make
personal choices because it is claimed that they are not autonomous, for autonomy requires …

This contribution examines how a number of influential political theories may be applied to
animals. The conclusion is that, like so many philosophical questions concerning animals …

In this thesis, I argue that humans and sentient animals have equal moral status in the sense
that they ought to have like interests equally considered. Furthermore, they are owed strong …

Abstract Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest is a small primate sanctuary in Cle Elum,
Washington, and is presently home to seven chimpanzees who were retired from biomedical …

In this chapter I outline a key element of animal neopragmatism: relational hedonism.
Relational hedonism is a psychological-cum-anthropological thesis about public concern for …