Communication and culture

A multispecies endeavour within a shared habitat

Bibliographic Data

ID21652147
AuthorsJanet Mcintyre-Mills (0000-0001-7733-1228, College of Education, College of Professions, College of Business, Government and Law University of South Africa, University of Adelaide and Flinders University Australia, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume38
Issue5
Pages671-684
Publication date2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSystems Research and Behavioral Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1092-7026 • E-ISSN: 1099-1743
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sres.2810
OpenAlexW3205916899
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited26

COVID‐19 can be seen as feedback for anthropocentric social, economic and environmental decision‐making that disrespects other living systems. The paper makes a case that respects for multiple species, and the onus of beneficence should be applied to all living systems of which we are a strand. Human beings are not exceptional insofar as they are able to communicate, make decisions, demonstrate a sense of community and show empathy or to make political calculations. What does this mean for the way we live our lives? Respect for persons needs to include animals, plants and the earth. It is time to rethink rights and responsibilities to protect habitat. Goodall stresses that the loss of habitat leads to species that have never been in contact before (and thus without any resistance) causing cross species infections

Anthropocentrism · Autonomy · Beneficence · Biology · Economic Justice · Empathy · Environmental ethics · Habitat · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Ecology

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