Sentientist Politics : A Theory of Global Inter-Species Justice

There is now widespread agreement that many non-human animals are sentient, and that this fact has important moral and political implications. Indeed, most are in agreement that animal sentience ought to constrain the actions of political institutions, limiting the harms that can be perpetrated against animals. The primary aim of this book is to show that the political implications of animal sentience go even further than this. For this book argues that sentience establishes a moral equality and a shared set of rights amongst those creatures who possess it. Crucially, this worth and these rights create a duty on moral agents to establish and maintain a political order dedicated to their interests. This book is devoted to sketching what this 'sentientist politics' might look like. It argues in favour of a ' sentientist cosmopolitan democracy ': a global political system made up of overlapping local, national, regional and global communities comprised of human and non-human members who exist within shared 'communities of fate'. Furthermore, the institutions of those communities should be democratic - that is to say, participative, deliberative and representative. Finally, those institutions should include dedicated representatives of non-human animals whose job should be to translate the interests of animals into deliberations over what is in the public good for their communities. 1 Title Pages Alasdair Cochrane Title Pages Alasdair Cochrane (p.i) Sentientist Politics (p.ii) (p.iii) Sentientist Politics (p.iv) Copyright Page Title Pages 2 (p.v) Dedication Alasdair Cochrane (p.v) Dedication Alasdair Cochrane 3 (p.vii) Acknowledgements Alasdair Cochrane (p.vii) Acknowledgements Alasdair Cochrane (p.vii) Acknowledgements 4 Introduction Alasdair Cochrane Introduction Alasdair Cochrane Abstract and Keywords Introduction Introduction 1.1 Outline of a ‘Sentientist Politics’ Introduction 1.2 A Cosmopolitan Contribution to the ‘Political Turn’ in Animal Ethics Introduction Introduction 1.3 Animal Politics and Global Justice Introduction Introduction 1.4 Feasibility Introduction Introduction 1.5 Brief Chapter Outline Introduction Introduction Notes: Introduction Introduction 5 Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Alasdair Cochrane Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Alasdair Cochrane Abstract and Keywords Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics (p.15) 2.1 The Moral Worth of Sentient Individuals Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics 2.2 The ‘Common Sense View’: Higher Moral Worth for Humans Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics 2.3 The ‘Heretical View’: Higher Moral Worth for Persons Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics 2.4 Equal Worth for All Sentient Individuals Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics (p.26) 2.5 Sentient Equality and Sentient Rights Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics 2.6 Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Conclusion Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Notes: Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics Equality, Rights, and Sentientist Politics 6 Sentientist Democracy Alasdair Cochrane Sentientist Democracy Alasdair Cochrane Abstract and Keywords Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy 3.1 From Judicialized to Democratic Institutions Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy 3.2 The Case for Animal Representatives Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy 3.3 Is The Representation of Animals Possible? Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy 3.4 How to Select Animal Representatives? Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy 3.5 Representatives of Which Animals? Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy 3.6 Conflicts of Interest and The Public Good Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy (p.61) Conclusion Notes: Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy Sentientist Democracy 7 Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Alasdair Cochrane Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Alasdair Cochrane Abstract and Keywords Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy 4.1 The Westphalian System of Sovereign States Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy (p.67) 4.2 A Reformed Statist System? Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy 4.3 Using the All-Affected Principle to Define Political Communities Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy (p.73) 4.4 Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Conclusion Notes: Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy 8 Sovereignty for Animals? Alasdair Cochrane Sovereignty for Animals? Alasdair Cochrane Abstract and Keywords Sovereignty for Animals? 5.1 Wild Animal Political Communities? Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? 5.2 Freedom of Movement and Habitat Rights Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? 5.3 Freedom of Movement and Democracy Sovereignty for Animals? 5.4 Wild Animal Suffering and Positive Duties of Assistance Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? (p.99) Conclusion Sovereignty for Animals? Notes: Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? Sovereignty for Animals? 9 Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Alasdair Cochrane Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Alasdair Cochrane Abstract and Keywords Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order 6.1 Sentientist Politics, Toleration, and Pluralism Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order 6.2 Sentientist Cosmopolitan Democracy and Universalism Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order 6.3 Sentient Rights and A New ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Conclusion Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Notes: Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order Diversity and Toleration in a Sentientist Political Order 10 Securing Sentientist Politics Alasdair Cochrane Securing Sentientist Politics Alasdair Cochrane Abstract and Keywords Securing Sentientist Politics 7.1 The Need and Possibility of ‘Sentientist Solidarity’ Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics 7.2 Cultivating Sentientist Solidarity Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics 7.3 Sentientist Civic Education Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics 7.4 Instigating Institutional Reform Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics 7.5 The Place of Radical Direct Action Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics Conclusion Notes: Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics Securing Sentientist Politics 11 Conclusion Alasdair Cochrane Conclusion Alasdair Cochrane Abstract and Keywords Conclusion (p.140) 8.1 Animal Ethics Conclusion 8.2 Political Scholarship and Political Activism Conclusion Conclusion Notes: 12 (p.145) Bibliography Alasdair Cochrane (p.145) Bibliography Alasdair Cochrane (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography (p.145) Bibliography 13 (p.159) Index Alasdair Cochrane (p.159) Index (p.159) Index (p.159) Index (p.159) Index (p.159) Index (p.159) Index (p.159) Index