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Uncovering the Nature of ECHR Rights: An Analytical and Methodological Framework

Rights Practices’ (2020) 25(1)Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 50. 14 Letsas, ‘Strasbourg’s Interpretive Ethic: Lessons for the International Lawyer’ (2010) 21(3 ... ), The Philosophy of International Law (2010) 79; Scherz, ‘Tying Legitimacy to Political Power: Graded Legitimacy Standards for International Institutions’ (2021) 20(4) European Journal of Political Theory

The Political Salience of Animal Protection in the Netherlands (2012–2021) and Belgium (2010–2019): What do Dutch and Belgian Political Parties Pledge on Animal Welfare and Wildlife Conservation?

animal welfare and conservation, and member states can implement more stringent legislation. Political salience refers to the extent to which citizens are concerned about political issues. Issue salience ... analyses the political salience of animal protection in the Netherlands and Belgium. It analyses over 2600 statements on animal protection in Dutch (20122021) and Belgian (2010-2019) party manifestos across

The 3D Method: A Tool to Analyze Positions in Animal and Environmental Ethics

Over the past fifty years numerous ethical and political traditions, and positions and sub-positions, have emerged in the fields of animal and environmental ethics. In combination with inconsistent ... , further differentiation may be still necessary, because the animal turn has also reached political philosophy and some positions are hybrids bridging these two disciplines (e.g. Nussbaum, 2007, 2013

Interpreting the ECHR in Light of the Increasingly High Standards Being Required by Human Rights: Insights from Social Ontology

then shows that neither naturalistic theories nor political theories on human rights can explain both the moral demands of human rights and accept the possibility of a change in those demands. Instead ... , ‘human rights’ has been the subject of extensive scholarly comment in recent years, with two dominant approaches emerging in the literature: naturalistic (or practice-independent) scholarship and political

Allocating Human Rights Obligations in the ECHR

common typology is to distinguish between political and ethical or moral conceptions.26 However, the point of those theories is best understood as elucidating which rights meaningfully count as human ... responsible for failing to fulfil its positive obligations.44 For our purposes, the findings regarding (extraterritorial) jurisdiction under article 2(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political

Intra-Acting Food Citizenship in Community-Supported Agriculture in Finland

emphasizes the political, collective, and responsible nature of citizenship as well as the power relations behind the constitution of citizenship. We conclude that in food policies more attention should be ... Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä , Jyväskylä , Finland Citizens are called upon to become active participants in creating a more sustainable food system. As food citizens, people participate in

Right to Food

such inequality, injustices, and human rights violations in many countries. These regions were already suffering from the severe impact of climate change, natural disasters, political conflicts ... following are the key challenges in implementing a human rights approach to food: i. Weak human rights institutional structure and monitoring mechanisms. ii. Alleged dichotomy between civil and political

The Freegan Challenge to Veganism

corpses of domesticated animals, as they are members of a mixed human-animal community, ruling out many freegan practices. This exploration reveals how the ‘political turn’ in animal ethics can offer ... Kymlicka and Donaldson explain, Political philosophy has been largely silent on the animal question, viewing it as an issue for ethicists but irrelevant to the core topics of political philosophy, such as

Veganism and Its Challenges: The Case of Iceland

health, taste, religious and political beliefs, or environmental concerns. Ethics plays a particularly important role, and as such, veganism has become a central object of interest in recent conversations ... performative actions invested with distinct individual, social, political, economic, and cultural repercussions and consequently expanding the notion of veganism to include substantial normative and descriptive

Veganism, Moral Motivation and False Consciousness

only a minority standpoint. In this paper, I explore the moral motivational problem of veganism from the perspectives of moral psychology and political false consciousness. I argue that a novel ... . Politics and Animals , 1 , 35 - 49 . Aaltola , E. ( 2016 ). The problem of akrasia: moral cultivation and socio-political resistance . Political Philosophy and Public PurposeIn Paola Cavalieri (Ed

Conceptualization of Ecological Management: Practice, Frameworks and Philosophy

This paper investigates practice, frameworks and philosophy in the field of ecological management, a novel integrative approach to closing the gap between ecological and economic theoretical models ... problems regarding interdisciplinarity and the relation of ethical frameworks with management. Through use of the model-centered philosophy of science to disentangle some of these conceptual problems, I

From Blind Spot to Crucial Concept: On the Role of Animal Welfare in Food System Changes towards Circular Agriculture

hurdles related to the legal, political and economic context; and (c) the concept of animal welfare, which requires further innovation. By analysing these aspects, we develop stepping stones for an animal ... substantiate this claim, we analyse the background to this lack of attention, which we find in (a) the way circular agriculture is conceptualised; (b) the institutional hurdles related to the legal, political

From here to Utopia: Theories of Change in Nonideal Animal Ethics

(pp. 45 - 69 ). Palgrave Macmillan. Cavalieri , P. ( 2016 ). Animal liberation: A political perspective . In P. Cavalieri (Ed.), Philosophy and the politics of animal liberation (pp. 15 - 44 ). Palgrave ... Macmillan. Cochrane , A. , Garner , R. , & O'Sullivan , S. ( 2018 ). Animal ethics and the political . Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy , 21 ( 2 ), 261 - 277 . https://doi.org

Entertaining Commodities or Living Beings? Public Perception of Animal Welfare at Local Festivals in South Korea

animals have political rights? Wiley. Cochrane , A. , Garner , R. , & O'Sullivan , S. ( 2018 ). Animal ethics and the political . Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy , 21 ( 2 ... animals from inhumane treatment as of 2022. One reason is that while public perceptions are crucial factors affecting political and policy change surrounding the welfare of festive animals, it is difficult

The role of ethical reflection and dialogue in conceptualising animal welfare

contrary to our assumptions, ethics (and philosophy) can help us conceptualise animal welfare. ... overall argument reveals another way animal welfare science needs philosophy (Haynes, 2008) . Distinguishing prudential value and ethics In this and the following section, I outline key points in

The Political Economy of Meat

This paper discusses variegated scholarly approaches to what is here typified as a political economy of meat. Identified as a multifaceted, transdisciplinary and most dynamic field of research

The Ethics of Innovations in Genomic Selection: On How to Broaden the Scope of Discussion

draw on concepts central to (Anglo-Saxon) applied ethics, but some critical views have been based on concepts from critical animal studies and continental philosophy. A related choice is to what extent ... broader ethical discussion remains necessary. Livestock breeding; Genomic selection; Ethics; Philosophy of technology Introduction Biotechnological innovations often have potential applications in the

Should we Ascribe Capabilities to Species and Ecosystems? A Critical Analysis of Ecocentric Versions of the Capabilities Approach

political liberalism on which the capabilities approach builds. First, the ascription of capabilities to species and ecosystems presupposes the controversial standpoint that they are objectively existing ... ). Bewildering Nussbaum: Capability justice and predation . The Journal of Political Philosophy , 20 ( 3 ), 293 - 313 . Holland , B. ( 2008 ). Justice and the environment in Nussbaum's “capabilities approach”: Why

Food Waste and Power Relations in the Agri-Food Chain. The Fruit Sector in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)

, 2020; Gascón, Solà and Larrea, 2022; Hoehn et al., 2023) , studies focusing on FW have not addressed the impact of power relations within the agri-food chain on FW accumulation. Political ecology takes ... unequal power relations that characterise it? ( Gascón, 2018 ) Political ecology introduces power relations into production processes in two ways. First, it examines the consequences of these relations

The Responsibility of Farmers, Public Authorities and Consumers for Safeguarding Bees Against Harmful Pesticides

harm and sharing burdens . Journal of Political Philosophy , 22 ( 2 ), 125 - 149 . https://doi.org/10.1111/jopp.12030 Conrad , K. F. , Warren , M. S. , Fox , R. , Parsons , M. S. , & Woiwod , I. P ... environmental problems has been criticized for being a part of a neoliberal political culture in which political decision-making is replaced by market rationality and stakeholder responsibilisation (Burchell