Covert Animal Rescue
Civil Disobedience or Subrevolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11266288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Weltman (0000-0001-7543-0337, corresponding author), Daniel Weltman |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 61-83 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-4275 • E-ISSN: 2153-7895 |
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5840/enviroethics202112231 |
| OpenAlex | W4206255319 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
We should conceive of illegal covert animal rescue as acts of “subrevolution” rather than as civil disobedience. Subrevolutions are revolutions that aim to overthrow some part of the government rather than the entire government. This framework better captures the relevant values than the opposing suggestion that we treat illegal covert animal rescue as civil disobedience. If animals have rights like the right not to be unjustly imprisoned and mistreated, then it does not make sense that an instance of animal rescue will be justifiable only if it meets criteria for justified civil disobedience, e.g., the requirement that the civil disobedient not rescue more animals than would be necessary to communicate their message. Thus, the framework of subrevolution is a more apt way to analyze animal rescue
Animal rights · Civil disobedience · Covert · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Law · Philosophy · War, Ethics, and Justification · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |