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In the introduction, Andrew Woodhall and Gabriel Garmendia da Trindade outline the current ‘political turn’ in interspecies ethics; what it is, the questions that caused it, and those presently involved. They claim that in the political turn most have focused on general positions rather than specific issues. Further such positions have focused on mainstream (e.g. liberal) approaches. The editors then outline how the book offers new approaches to specific issues, presents alternative, non-mainstream positions, and provides important considerations for any position in interspecies ethics, especially those within the political turn, to take into account. Finally, they explain how the contributions relate to and impact the debate and each other and the importance of presenting diverse works by both noted theorists and experienced activists.
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Here we refer to ‘the movement’ for nonhuman animals, however a more accurate description would be ‘movements’ as there are numerous groups with varying goals, aims, and strategies, that approach issues facing nonhuman animals; and not all agree. However, as we have argued elsewhere (Woodhall & Garmendia da Trindade, 2016) despite these differences the general focus or concern for nonhuman animals unites all of these groups. It is this loose meaning of those who consider nonhuman animals in order to aid them (in whatever way or to whatever extent) that we refer to by ‘the movement’.
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Those who have made an observation regarding a political turn, for instance, include not only ourselves but Milligan, 2015; Wissenburg & Schlosberg, 2014; Wyckoff, 2014; Donaldson & Kymlicka, forthcoming; Kapembwa & Wells, 2016; Meijer, 2016; Tuider 2016; Woodhall, 2016, as well as Gardar Arnason, Josh Milburn, Guy Scotton, Kim Stallwood, and Eva Meijer’s chapters in the present volume. Others have recognised this claim though question whether such a turn is actually a marked difference from previous work in the field, e.g. Garner & O’Sullivan, 2016, and Cochrane, Garner & O’Sullivan, 2016.
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Woodhall, A., Garmendia da Trindade, G. (2017). Introduction. In: Woodhall, A., Garmendia da Trindade, G. (eds) Ethical and Political Approaches to Nonhuman Animal Issues. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54549-3_1
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