Talk Series on Fundamental Rights for Non-Humans
Gellers, Joshua
Colleagues-
[Apologies for x-posting]
Below you will find information about a series of talks organized by the Forum for Decentering the Human that may be of interest to members of this listserve. I hope you’ll be able to attend!
Talk Series - Fundamental Rights for Non-Humans: Foundations, Faults, and Future
In this talk series several prominent and early career scholars consider the recent phenomenon whereby courts and legislatures are asked to grant fundamental rights to non-human entities, such as animals, nature, and artificial intelligences (‘AI’).
The speakers consider the theoretical foundations of this phenomenon. Is it an assault on the centrality of the human or merely a way to use the common legal tool of fundamental rights to protect entities which some humans value? Are there any faults in this phenomenon? A prominent branch of critical theory scholarship, for example, has long been sceptical about the desirability of fundamental rights being used to bring about social justice. Is this branch of scholarship correct? Do we need something other than fundamental rights for a more just world for non-humans? Finally, they consider whether this phenomenon has a future. Is it merely a fad, likely to fade away as it encounters resistance, or will this phenomenon redefine the very notion of what is a fundamental right and who is entitled to it?
There are four main papers, respectively by Jeff Sebo, Patricia Wiater-Hellgardt, John Adenitire, and Raffael Fasel. A response to each of these papers is provided respectively by Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Visa Kurki, Macarena Montes Franceschine, and Joshua Gellers.
Programme of events
- Are there any animal rights? - 17 November 2023
- A governance perspective on non-human rights. Comparing anthropocentric and physiocentric approaches to protecting nature - 24 November 2023
- Insects, AI systems, and the future of legal personhood - 1 December 2023
- Robot rights without human frights - 15 December 2023
Best,
Josh
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Joshua C. Gellers, PhD, LEED Green Associate
Professor, Political Science & Public Administration
Director, MA in International Affairs Program
University of North Florida
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