Eighteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Abstract

Talking about animal rights generates controversy because in most legal systems animals are seen as objects and not as subjects of rights. In this paper I consider the question: In the face of this anthropocentric vision, is there the possibility of making changes towards a biocentrism where rights are included and crimes against animals and nature are punished? We are facing an era of social changes where reflections arise on our relationship as human beings in front of animals and nature. Concepts such as animal dignity, the animal person, animal citizenship or ecological citizenship are the object of study. It is necessary to analyze the positive and negative aspects of granting rights to animals and nature, to consider them in the future as subjects of rights.