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Veganism & Green Political Thought
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A mindmap for understanding the relationship between ecological arguments in defence of animals and a pure vegan one.
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veganism
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political theory
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Emmanuel Blondel
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Veganism & Green Political Thought
How do we represent animals?
Plumwood
Human/nature dualism replaced by animal/nature dualism
We are no longer ecologically embedded - as food
vegan ecofeminism refuses to challenge this dualism
Waste products
Feminist veganism can't prioritise different types of farming
exploitation is exploitation is exploitation
Distiction between harm and exploitation
Breeding an animal for use is exploitation
Using the waste products of the animal might not be
eg sheeps wool, eggs, might fulfil this criteria
Waste Products
TO WHAT EXTENT IS VEGANISM A FORM OF ECOLOGICAL JUSTICE RATHER THAN PURELY JUSTICE TO ANIMALS POSITION?
Veganism is its own special form of justice which goes further than ecological justice
Nussbaum
Bringing animals behind the veil of ignorance
Blame for suffering (or lack of) is important
Problems with singer/utilitarianism
The question of numbers: does bringing agribusinessed animals into the world increase suffering?
Capabilities approach
address the need for a rich plurality of life activities
An ecological justification: diversity and interdependence as morally good
Important distinction between the individual and the species
Search for consciousness rather than abstract principles
Annotations:
Adams & Donovan p.87
trappers or badger shooters might profess a defence of the species but not the individual
Annotations:
Garner, 98, p.42
The importance of Speciesism as a form of oppression
Annotations:
Hursthouse chapter 4
FIND A USE FOR FUNGIBLE
Baxter - ecological justice
Contributions to ecosphere
Key stone species, trophic cascades
Humans as negative sum for the environment
Therefore less worthy of justice?
Nozick can't find room for those lacking autonomy
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