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Journal article
Conventional science will not do justice to nonhuman interests: a fresh approach is required
Animal Sentience, Vol.4(27), 17
01/01/2020
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Abstract
Treves et al. (2019) make a convincing case that conservation efforts need to go beyond an anthropocentric worldview. Implementing that vision, however, will require human advocates to represent nonhuman interests. Where will the knowledge of those interests come from? How can humans know what is in the best interest of another animal, a plant, or an ecosystem? We discuss how the values embedded in current scientific practices may be ill-suited to representing nonhuman interests and we offer some ideas for correcting these shortcomings.
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- Title
- Conventional science will not do justice to nonhuman interests: a fresh approach is required
- Creators
- Becca Franks - New York UniversityChristine Webb - Harvard UniversityMonica Gagliano - University of Western AustraliaBarbara Smuts
- Publication Details
- Animal Sentience, Vol.4(27), 17
- Publisher
- WellBeing International
- Identifiers
- 991012978841402368
- Copyright
- Animal Sentience conforms to the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) funding model. See https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/ (2019). All content in Animal Sentience is freely available to individuals and institutions without an embargo period. Users may "read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of the articles" (1) Each article accepted by peer review is published under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (2019).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article