Zoopolis A Political Theory of Animal Rights

In this careful, thoughtful, and engaging work, Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka affirm and extend the attribution of rights to animals. ... The book is thoroughly researched and engages a lot of literature about animals, both philosophical and sociological Ruth Abbey, Philosophy in Review

it reinvigorated my view of animal rights and political theory, presenting a compelling, if pretty utopian, picture of just and egalitarian animal-human relations. More importantly, perhaps, it better illuminated my own understanding of my relationship with animals close to me, Mortimer (dog) and Tadpole (cat). Samuel Hawke, Social Justice First This is the book that everyone in animal ethics ought to be talking about... extremely well written and carefully argued, and stuffed with fascinating observations about humans, animals and the relations between them... Dream novel: Margaret Atwood reads Zoopolis and creates a fictional world like that. Jean Kazez, Philosophy blog Zoopolis presents a meticulously principled, thorough- and maybe, hopefully, even realistic - theory, which in many ways improves upon preexisting theories of animal rights. Nina Varsava, Humanimalia Volume 4 Donaldson and Kymlicka's contribution builds upon attempts by others to extend justice to non-human animals in an original and compelling manner. They convincingly demonstrate that theories of animal rights lacking a political component are inadequate, and that traditional citizenship theory wrongly excludes many potential coauthors in the destiny of democratic communities. Steve Cooke, Global Policy will take the debate about the limits of liberal citizenship into radical new areas. Zoopolis breaks new ground by looking at animal rights from a genuinely political perspective. It's deliciously contentious thesis will force liberal political theorists to look much harder at the boundaries of citizenship. Daniel Hutton Ferris, Politics inSpires.org Zoopolis is an amazing book, which proposes to reframe the debate on our relationship with animals in a new theoretical framework. Marta Tafalla, Dianoia, Volume LVII a remarkable landmark in the animal rights debate. Like what Nozick said of Rawlss A Theory of Justice, it would seem that animal rights theorists must either work within the theory put forward by Zoopolis or explain why not. Tr istan Rogers, The Value Enquiry fascinating and path-breaking. There is a huge amount to commend in this rich and novel theory... Zoopolis is a major contribution to both animal ethics and political philosophy, and will provide much interesting debate. Alasdair Cochrane, The Philosophers Magazine eloquent and extremely thought-provoking astonishingly free of sentimentality while still brimming with passion Books like this - meticulously thought-out, very attractively reasoned, with no hint of screed - do inestimable good in their incremental way, and Zoopolis is among the best Ive ever read, mainly because it avoids the pitfalls of extremism that would make it look untenable to the unconverted. Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly