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University of Sydney research probing into the “moral, legal and political status” of animals and the environment has been slammed as “out of touch”, prompting questions over who is funding the study.
A team of 14 university researchers studying “Multispecies Justice”, claim to explore rights for those that are “more than human” as part of the University of Sydney’s broader FutureFix program they themselves have dubbed as “counterintuitive”, as stated on their website.
“Justice is typically thought to be the preserve of humans, and advocacy has sought to ensure all humans are subjects of justice,” researchers wrote on the university’s website.
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“But harms inflicted on animals and the environment are coming to be understood as injustices.”
The 14 researchers claim they are working to reconceptualise justice to accommodate “the vast breadth of the multispecies world” in an issue the University deems is of “global importance”, according to the University of Sydney website.
The university today defended the research, stating that many legal systems and scholars see harms inflicted on animals and the environment as a form of injustice.
“The project is examining what justice across the human and natural world might entail,” a spokesperson for the University told The Australian.