What Does Justice for Animals Look Like

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January 18, 2023 a project of ServiceSpace Animal protection is education to humanity. - Albert Schweitzer - What Does Justice for Animals Look Like "Should a hummingbird be able to be a plaintiff in court? According to philosopher Martha Nussbaum, the answer is yes. In her new book, Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility, the distinguished professor of law and philosophy at the University of Chicago offers a new theory of animal justice that is meant to inform our law and policy. Her theory is based on the "capabilities approach," which looks not only at the harm done to animals, but whether we're infringing on their freedom to live full lives. Granting animals the rights, under the law, that they deserve has never been so urgent, Nussbaum contends." { read more } Be The Change More from Nussbaum in this interview. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Seven Lessons Learned from Leaves On the Road with Thomas Merton Consciousness as the Ground of Being Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention The Really Terrible Orchestra The Egg: A Short Story By Andy Weir Six Habits of Hope When the Earth Started to Sing DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 159,926 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More