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On Whether It Is and What It Is

This dialogue, taking place between Prof. Whether and Prof. What, focuses on the nature of the relationship between ontology, conceived as the branch of philosophy concerned with the question of what ... the complementary part of philosophy that seeks to explain, of those entities, what they are. Most philosophers claim that it is not possible to address the first question without at the same time

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

Three Kinds of Arguments for Panpsychism

known from the history of philosophy mainly due to the fact that the former is often combined with so-called Russellian monism. According to Russellian monism, the intrinsic properties of physical things ... Terminological Preliminaries Within the last 100 years, the analytic philosophy of mind has been dominated by materialism, a view that one can fully account for mental phenomena in purely physical terms, such as

Replies to the Critics of Knowing and Checking: an Epistemological Investigation

Investigation (Routledge 2019), hereinafter abbreviated as KC. These papers resulted from a workshop organized by the department of philosophy of the University of Maribor. I am very thankful to the organizers of ... . Admittedly, there is some plausibility to claiming that we can check by using Newtonian physics. However, this is a general problem within the philosophy of science and not a problem for checking in particular

Tricky Truths: How Should Alethic Pluralism Accommodate Racial Truths?

Department of Philosophy, Stellenbosch University , Stellenbosch , South Africa 2 Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University , North Ryde , Australia Some alethic pluralists maintain that there are two ... accommodate such a notion. Philosophy of truth; Determination Pluralism; Douglas Edwards; Crispin Wright; Michael Lynch; Metaphysics of race 1 Introduction The important question of whether we should

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

Justified Evidence Resistance

to Mylan Engel, Thomas Grundmann, Paul Silva Jr, Mona Simion, Tom Sorell, and Luis Rosa. I have benefitted from being a Senior Research Associate at the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy ... an intellectual virtue? Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement , 84 , 23 - 45 . Bernecker , S. ( 2021 ). An epistemic defense of news abstinence . In S. Bernecker, A. Flowerree , & T. Grundmann (Eds

Virtue, Self-Narratives, and the Causes of Action

Journal of Philosophy , 13 ( 1 ), 11 - 20 . Ulatowski , J. , & Lumsden , D. ( 2023 ). Do political convictions infect every fibre of our being? Social Epistemology , 1 - 17 . https://doi.org/10.1080 ... of moral value are caused by virtues cultivated by a person over time. This is a notion that not only has relevance to popular thinking about virtues but also, within academic philosophy, has currency

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

Value Pluralism versus Value Monism

history of philosophy, is defended only by a few contemporary authors (Dworkin, 2012; Hurka, 1996; Klocksiem, 2011; Moen, 2016; Regan, 1997) ,1 is based on the opposing metaphysical thesis: namely, that ... among deliberators that such conflicts allow for reasoned choices. In fact, the very notion of political deliberation is underpinned by the presupposition of comparability. For if choices between freedom

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