Challenging Habermas’ Practical Discourse to Justify the Rights of Animals
Data
2022Autor
Nowak, Ewa
Ciereszko, Kinga
Dłużewicz, Alicja
Napiwodzka, Karolina
Metadata
Pokaż pełny rekordStreszczenie
The article is about to challenge Habermas’ practical discourse approach and to explore
its potentials for the justification of animal rights. Firstly, the classic concepts of
agential features are discussed to examine whether animal agents deserve their rights
(quasi sui juris in terms of H. Jonas) or they should be unconditionally recognized as
continuously present in and endangered by the human and social world (Sections
1, 2, 3). Secondly, the principle of universalization of rights employing practical discourse
is revised and extended to create the most favorable communicative-discursive
opportunity for advocating for animal rights and catalyzing an agreement upon
their validity, to adopt them as a justified “new social norm”, and so to overcome
the limitations of practical discourse. Subsequently, Habermas’ view on the rights
of animals is discussed (Section 4). The authors try to contribute to the “therapeutic”
discourse recommended by Habermas when the matter of practical discourse rises
controversies.
Collections
Z tą pozycją powiązane są następujące pliki licencyjne: