Robert Garner

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Robert Garner (* 1960) is a British professor of political science at the University of Leicester . According to his self-portrayal, his research focus is “political representation of non-human interests (...) as a sub-area of environmental ethics . especially the

  • Documentation of the neglect or disregard for the animal rights concept in left political traditions.
  • A defense of the animal rights idea from a left political tradition, taking into account the utilitarian , contractual and deontological approaches
  • The difficulties in protecting non-human interests based on left political traditions with an eye to
    • the cost of liberal societies that embrace animal rights;
    • the influence of libertarian neutrality as a characteristic of a good society;
    • and the protection of human autonomy.
  • The relationship between animal welfare approaches and other political traditions; including Marxism , feminism , ecology and communitarianism . "

Garner studied at the University of Salford (BA) and the University of Manchester with a Masters degree (MA) and a doctorate in Philosophy (PhD).

Works

Books

  • Gary L. Francione, Robert Garner: The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? . Columbia University Press, May 2010, ISBN 0-231-14955-7 .
  • Robert Garner, Peter Ferdinand, Stephanie Lawson: Introduction to Politics . Oxford University Press, USA, February 15, 2009, ISBN 0-19-923133-8 .
  • Robert Garner: Animal ethics . Polity Press, 2005, ISBN 0-7456-3079-0 .
  • Robert Garner: The political theory of animal rights . Manchester University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-7190-6710-5 .
  • Robert Garner: Animals, politics, and morality  (= Issues in Environmental Politics). Manchester University Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7190-6621-4 .
  • Robert Garner: Environmental Politics , 2nd. 2nd edition, Palgrave Macmillan, May 19, 2000, ISBN 0-333-76309-2 .
  • Robert Garner: Political Animals: Animal Protection Politics in Britain and the United States . Palgrave Macmillan, June 15, 1998, ISBN 0-312-21208-9 .
  • Robert Garner, Richard Kelly: British Political Parties Today , 2nd. 2nd edition, Manchester University Press, June 15, 1998, ISBN 0-7190-5105-3 .

paper

  • Robert Garner: Animals, ethics and public policy . In: The Political Quarterly . 81, No. 1, 2010, ISSN  1467-923X , pp. 123-130.
  • Robert Garner: Political ideologies and the moral status of animals . In: Journal of Political Ideologies . 8, No. 2, 2003, ISSN  1356-9317 , pp. 233-246.
  • Robert Garner: Animals, politics and justice: Rawlsian liberalism and the plight of non-humans . In: Environmental Politics . 12, No. 2, 2003, ISSN  0964-4016 , pp. 3-22.
  • Robert Garner: Animal rights, political theory and the liberal tradition . In: Contemporary Politics . 8, No. 1, 2002, ISSN  1356-9775 , pp. 7-22.
  • Robert Garner: Animal rights, political theory and the liberal tradition . In: Contemporary Politics . 8, No. 1, 2002, ISSN  1356-9775 , pp. 7-22.
  • Robert Garner: The scope of green realism . In: Contemporary Politics . 6, No. 2, 2000, ISSN  1356-9775 , pp. 185-190.
  • Robert Garner: Animal protection and legislators in Britain and the United States . In: The Journal of Legislative Studies . 5, No. 2, 1999, ISSN  1357-2334 , pp. 92-114.
  • Robert Garner: The animal lobby . In: The Political Quarterly . 62, No. 2, 1991, ISSN  1467-923X , pp. 285-291.
  • Robert Garner: Ecology and Animal Rights: Is Sovereignty Anthropocentric? . In: Reclaiming Sovereignty . August, pp. 181-191.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Biography at the University of Leicester, as viewed April 2011
personal data
SURNAME Garner, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British political scientist, professor at Leicester
DATE OF BIRTH 1960