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Human-Animal Relationships and Animal Ethics in Crisis: A New Way Out? “Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory” by Alice Crary and Lori Gruen

Human-Animal Relationships and Animal Ethics in Crisis: A New Way Out? “Animal Crisis: A New... Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics (2023) 36:12 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09907-9 BOOK RE VIE W Human-Animal Relationships and Animal Ethics in Crisis: A New Way Out? “Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory” by Alice Crary and Lori Gruen 1,2 Konstantin Deininger Accepted: 12 May 2023 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2023 In Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory (2021), Alice Crary and Lori Gruen put forward an innovative solution to the acute human-animal crisis. This crisis mani- fests itself in various ways: the destruction of habitats, pest epidemics, and immense animal suffering in and pollution through animal husbandry. According to Crary and Gruen, presiding philosophical approaches do not offer workable solutions to these problems. Their core criticism is, then, aimed at: 1. practices that disregard animals and their moral status, and 2. prominent philosophical views in animal ethics (like those of utilitarian Peter Singer [e.g. 2009/1975]). Contemporary animal ethicists (like Singer) often rely on abstract and rationalistic arguments. Crary and Gruen promise to offer a practical alternative by developing a “new critical animal theory” (2021, p. 4; italics in the original). They make great strides in doing so. However, some important issues remain unresolved. These will become http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics Springer Journals

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Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics (2023) 36:12 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10806-023-09907-9 BOOK RE VIE W Human-Animal Relationships and Animal Ethics in Crisis: A New Way Out? “Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory” by Alice Crary and Lori Gruen 1,2 Konstantin Deininger Accepted: 12 May 2023 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2023 In Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory (2021), Alice Crary and Lori Gruen put forward an innovative solution to the acute human-animal crisis. This crisis mani- fests itself in various ways: the destruction of habitats, pest epidemics, and immense animal suffering in and pollution through animal husbandry. According to Crary and Gruen, presiding philosophical approaches do not offer workable solutions to these problems. Their core criticism is, then, aimed at: 1. practices that disregard animals and their moral status, and 2. prominent philosophical views in animal ethics (like those of utilitarian Peter Singer [e.g. 2009/1975]). Contemporary animal ethicists (like Singer) often rely on abstract and rationalistic arguments. Crary and Gruen promise to offer a practical alternative by developing a “new critical animal theory” (2021, p. 4; italics in the original). They make great strides in doing so. However, some important issues remain unresolved. These will become

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