Description
When animal ethicists dare to dream, they imagine worlds in which animals are protected from harm and welcomed as members of our societies. They can, however, be forgiven gloomy pessimism when they look at today’s world. Globally, more animals are kept in factory farms than at any other point in history. The last vestiges of untouched ‘nature’, if any exist at all, are tiny. And catastrophic climate change threatens all of us, but not least animals.Animal ethicists – especially when informed by political theory – have done valuable work theorising multispecies utopias. But they have also done important work documenting today’s multispecies dystopias, exploring how we can move away from them. Bringing together political theorists, animal ethicists, critical animal studies scholars, and those in cognate disciplines, we propose to put this work in conversation: to place utopias next to dystopias, to put ideal theory in conversation with non-ideal theory.
Estimated audience numbers (if applicable)
30| Period | 7 Sept 2022 → 9 Sept 2022 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Manchester, United KingdomShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |