Rights for and with animals: inviting animals into the conversation about their rights

Anna Caramuru Pessoa Aubert

doi:10.53981/destrocos.v6i2.60193

Autores

Anna Caramuru Pessoa Aubert University of Münster https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4442-6217

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53981/destrocos.v6i2.60193

Palavras-chave:

Fenomenologia, Ética do cuidado, Direito animal, Pessoalidade, Agência

Resumo

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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Biografia do Autor

Anna Caramuru Pessoa Aubert, University of Münster

PhD in Law (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and University of Münster, cotutelle, September 2025; funded by CAPES and DAAD). Master’s in Constitutional Law (PUC-SP) and postgraduate specialisation in Animal Rights Law (University of Lisbon).

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