Publicado 26-12-2025
Palavras-chave
- Fenomenologia,
- Ética do cuidado,
- Direito animal,
- Pessoalidade,
- Agência
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Partindo da fenomenologia do corpo de Merleau-Ponty, da ética do cuidado e da filosofia da etologia, este artigo interdisciplinar descreve animais extra-humanos não a partir de suas semelhanças ou diferenças em relação a seres humanos adultos típicos, mas como sujeitos incorporados, vulneráveis, comunicativos e dotados de agência, que percebem, atribuem sentido e agem intencionalmente em seus próprios Umwelten. Além disso, utiliza a Teoria dos Interesses dos Direitos e a Bundle Theory para argumentar que a personalidade jurídica não precisa se basear na pessoalidade moral, ou seja, animais podem ser pessoas jurídicas mesmo sem serem pessoas morais. Diversamente, recorre-se à postura fenomenológica e a contribuições da ética do cuidado para refletir sobre as implicações éticas da aliança entre espécies, cujos membros compartilham uma vulnerabilidade comum e multifacetada, comunicam-se de modo incorporado e co-criam sentido na “carne do mundo”. Com base nisso, defende-se a existência de um dever humano de reconhecimento, escuta e resposta à agência animal, propondo-se uma metodologia fenomenológico-etológica para identificar e traduzir os interesses e preferências dos animais em direitos subjetivos legais, adotando, para isso, os seus próprios pontos de vista como ponto de partida.
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