Precis of Zoopolis (2011)
Sue Donaldson & Will Kymlicka
Animal rights debate
- Do animals have basic rights like a right to life and liberty?
- Longstanding debate...they are not contributing to it...they assume YES
- Assuming ALL animals have basic rights, we need to understand the DIFFERENT rights and responsibilities of different animals
Human rights vary by "political category"
- Citizens here (Canada, US, wherever)
- Liminal denizens: tourists, foreign students, temporary workers, refugee claimants (all drawn here for different reasons)
- Foreigners in other countries
They claim: animals fall into parallel "political categories"
Note: they are NOT saying....
- human and animal citizens should have the same rights
- human liminal denizens and animal liminal denizens should have the same rights
- human foreigners and wild sovereigns should have the same rights
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Animal citizens (next part of article is about the wild sovereigns and liminal denizens)
- Why think of domesticated animals as citizens?
- Are all the cows, pigs, and chickens going to be citizens too?
- What is involved in animal citizenship?
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Socialization
- Animals have to be trained to live with each other and humans in a mixed community
Public spaces -- outdoor
Animal cafes (South Korea)
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Animal citizens should work, but not be exploited
- contribute manure YES
- goats or sheep
mowing lawn YES
- sheep for wool if shorn humanely YES
- keeping chickens for eggs MAYBE
- using animals as guide dogs (video clip) NO
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Exam 1
- Worth just 15% ... many great answers
- If you want to do better next time:
- make better use of study guide and blog posts
- do the readings... don't just find the thing the RR calls for and skip the rest of the reading
- There's an exam key at the top of the Canvas home page