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. 2021 Sep;18(3):511-523.
doi: 10.1007/s11673-021-10112-4. Epub 2021 Jul 5.

Afro-Communitarianism and the Duties of Animal Advocates within Racialized Societies: The Case of Racial Politics in South Africa

Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues  1
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Afro-Communitarianism and the Duties of Animal Advocates within Racialized Societies: The Case of Racial Politics in South Africa

Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues. J Bioeth Inq. 2021 Sep.

Abstract

Animal advocates world-wide have been accused of campaigns immured in racism. Some authors have argued that for animal advocates to avoid this accusation they should simultaneously engage with racial discrimination issues when advocating for animal welfare/rights. This prescription has been mostly explored in the context of the Global North and by looking at Western normative theory. In this article I address this issue but by looking at the context of South Africa and analysing the prescriptions from an Afro-communitarian ethic. I conclude that this ethic prescribes that there is a positive duty to engage in racial discrimination issues and, if one does not do so, a violation of some negative duties occurs.

Keywords: Afro-communitarianism; Animal advocacy; Intersectionality; Positive and negative duties; Racism.

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