Abstract

Given the immeasurable number of interactions and relations that exist between the animals that inhabit the planet, as well as the large number of species, each with particular needs according to their biological characteristics, it is unfeasible to determine our moral and legal obligations towards nonhumans with universalisms, which is why I propose to take an eco-sensocentric ethic as a basis at the legislative and judicial level, in order to adress the cases in which non-human animals are instrumentalized and exploited for us.

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  • Given the immeasurable number of interactions and relations that exist between the animals that inhabit the planet, as well as the large number of species, each with particular needs according to their biological characteristics, it is unfeasible to determine our moral and legal obligations towards nonhumans with universalisms, which is why I propose to take an eco-sensocentric ethic as a basis at the legislative and judicial level, in order to adress the cases in which non-human animals are instrumentalized and exploited for us

  • Si se aplica una ética eco-sensocéntrica a nivel legislativo, judicial y de políticas públicas, necesariamente ocurrirá una descosificación de los animales a nivel jurídico, dado que por un lado (desde el sensocentrismo) se pretende velar por los intereses de los no humanos capaces de gozar o sufrir y por el otro (desde el ecocentrismo), generar y conservar las condiciones medioambientales necesarias para el desarrollo de todos los seres sentientes que habtamos el planeta, lo que de manera imprescindible incluye la preservación de ecosistemas y especies

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Given the immeasurable number of interactions and relations that exist between the animals that inhabit the planet, as well as the large number of species, each with particular needs according to their biological characteristics, it is unfeasible to determine our moral and legal obligations towards nonhumans with universalisms, which is why I propose to take an eco-sensocentric ethic as a basis at the legislative and judicial level, in order to adress the cases in which non-human animals are instrumentalized and exploited for us.

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