Animals, Political Liberalism and Public Reason

Federico Zuolo is Associate Professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Genoa, Italy. Previously, he was Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Fellow at the Universities of Berlin and Hamburg in Germany, and research fellow at the University of Pavia, Italy.

“The application of the views on animals directly to the question of policy is certainly more determinate and helpful. … Zuolo has provided the first substantial engagement with political legitimacy and public justification in the context of animal political philosophy, and for that reason his work deserves consideration.” (Marcus Schultz-Bergin, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Vol. 24, 2021)

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Animal Treatment as a Matter of Reasonable Disagreement.- Chapter 3. Public Justification and the Disagreement on Animals.- Chapter 4. Views on the Moral Status of Animals.- Chapter 5. Applying Public Justification: Interests, Principles, and Competing Reasons.- Chapter 6. Addressing Unlawfulness: Admissible and Non-Admissible Forms of Protest.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.