Abstract

ADRIANO-ARAUJO, Luana. Animality and disability: theoretical map of (mis)matches. Rev. Bioética y Derecho [online]. 2021, n.53, pp.5-35.  Epub Nov 21, 2022. ISSN 1886-5887.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1344/rbd2021.53.32613.

This article surveys disability studies, animal studies and bioethics, with contributions from moral and political philosophy, in order to draw a comprehensive map of theoretical perspectives at the intersection of animality and disability. Through this panoramic approach, we established three paths of analysis based on divergent arguments: that of comparison; that of care and dignity; and that of citizenship and common oppression. In the literature review, we first deal with the foundations of antispeciesist and post-humanist theories, based on the comparison between characteristics and experiences of other-than-human animals and people with disabilities. Then, we evaluate how the neoaristotelian recognition of human animality was interpreted to support the notions of vulnerability and animal dignity, respectively in care ethics theory and in the capabilities approach. Finally, we address the recognition of citizenship and the common oppression experienced by people with disabilities and other-than-human animals, as generators, on the one hand, of a renewal of the concept of citizenship and, on the other hand, the establishment of the eco-crip theory. We used a dialectical approach, presenting arguments that support or refute opposing positions. Our methodology was based on a literature review, using a hypothetical-deductive approach, hence this paper has an eminently theoretical nature. Its contribution should be to provide an overview of the frameworks that enable to jointly address disability and other-than-human animality.

Keywords : animality; disability; animal bioethics; speciesism; post-humanism; crip studies; animal dignity.

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