Envisioning a Better Future for Nonhuman Animals

This book presents an ethical discussion of the possible future Universal Declarations of (diverse specific nonhuman) Animal Rights. It contributes to a basis for a discussion about (nonhuman) animal rights concerning diverse aspects and quality of (nonhuman) animal life. Doris Schneeberger deals with the interpretation and justification of animal rights, and argues that because (nonhuman) animals are individuals whose lives are intrinsically and inherently valuable, their goods and welfare ought to be protected. She claims that these rights should be protected in possible morally advanced societies of the future.

Provides ethical argumentation for animal rights which are philosophically thought-provoking. Combines internationally relevant reflections with insights into the German speaking academic and legal landscape Offers reflections on possible future universal animal rights declarations.

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Doris Schneeberger is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Change Management and Management Development at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. She obtained a PhD degree in philosophy focusing on animal ethics and one in economic and social sciences in the field of Animal Organization Studies.

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1 About This Book.- 1.1 How This Book Came into Existence.- 1.2 How This Book Contributes to the Literature.- 1.3 Who Might Find Value in This Book and How to Read This Book.- 1.4 How This Book is Structured.- 2 Preliminary Metareflections.- 2.1 On the Language Used in This Book and on Language and Animal Ethics in General.- 2.2 Metaethics.- 2.3 Ethical Principles.- 3 Historic and Current Discussions about Nonhuman Animal Rights Welfarism vs. Abolitionism, Utilitarianism, Deontological Positions, Feminist Animal Ethics, and the Political Turn.- 4 Technological Innovation(,) and Moral Progress.- 4.1 From a Speciesist World to a Multispecies Society: How Technological Innovation Might Enable Moral Progress.- 4.2 Four Pillars of Nonhuman Animal Rights: Empathy, Justice, Inherent Value of Life, Knowledge.- 4.3 Moral Outrage and the Holocaust Analogy.- 5 Developing Declarations of Nonhuman Animal Rights.- 5.1 Why Do We Need Declarations of Nonhuman Animal Rights and How Could We Develop Them?.- 5.2 The Historical Emergence of Human Animal Rights.- 5.3 What Animal Ethics Can Learn from Disability Studies.- 5.3.1 The Argument of Species Overlap

6 Central Concepts: Needs, Capabilities, Interests, and Rights.- 6.1 Needs.- 6.2 Interests.- 6.3 Capabilities and Telos.- 6.3.1 Martha Nussbaum's Capability Approach.- 6.4 Interference in the Needs, Capabilities, and Interests of Sentient Beings.- 7 Imagining a Just Multispecies Society - May All Beings Be Happy and Free of Suffering?.-8 Possible Future Universal Declarations of Nonhuman Animal Rights.- 8.1 Overview of the Articles.- 8.2 Article 1: All Individuals are Born Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights On the Dignity of (Non)Human Animals, the Value of Life.- 8.3 Article 2: The Right to Life.- 8.3.1 But what about Plants?.- 9 The Empirical Status Quo of the Right to Life (in Austria).- 10 Excursus: Norbert Hoerster, Nonhuman Animal Interests, and the Right to Life.- 11 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 1).- 11.1 Article 3: Right to Freedom.- 11.2 Article 4: Right to Safety/Physical Integrity; Prohibition of Torture.- 12 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 2).- 12.1 Article 5: Right to Recognition as a Person/(Legal) Subject Before the Law.- 12.1.1 Are There Nonhuman Animal Persons? The Concept of Personhood and its Ethical Relevance.- 12.1.2 The Great Ape Project by Cavalieri and Singer.- 12.1.3 Whale Rights.- 12.1.4 The Nonhuman Rights Project Around Steven M. Wise.- 13 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 3).- 13.1 Article 6: Right to a Human Guardian, a Legal Remedy, and an Indirect Right of Legal Action.- 13.1.1 The Case of Mathias Hiasl Pan.- 14 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 4).- 14.1 Article 7: Right to Love, Sexuality, Procreation, Pair-Building, Family, and Friendships.- 14.1.1 Right to Love, Sexuality, Procreation, Pair-Building, Family, and Friendships for Disabled Humans.- 14.1.2 Right to Love, Sexuality, Procreation, Pair-Building, Family, and Friendships for Nonhuman Animals.- 15 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 5).- 15.1 Article 8: Right to Property: Ownership, Stewardship, or Burning Down the Forest?.- 15.2 But What About Wild Animal Suffering?.-16 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 6).- 16.1 Article 9: Right to Macropolitical Consideration and Micro-Political Participation.- 16.1.1 Political Consideration in the Macropolis.- 16.1.2 Political Participation in the Micropolis.- 17 Specific Rights in Nonhuman Animal Rights Declarations (Part 7).- 17.1 Article 10: Right to Education.- 17.2 Article 11: Right to Work.- 17.3 Article 12: Right to an Adequate Standard of Living and to Certain Social Benefits (Protection in Case of Unemployment and Disability, Entitlement to Pension).- 18 Conclusion and Outlook.