Ep.15 War: An Animal Rights Perspective

Sara van Goozen and Josh Milburn are the first to include considering harm to animals in just war theory. Broadly speaking, just war theory looks at whether a war is justified and if so, how that war should be conducted. They authored "Counting Animals in War: First Steps towards an Inclusive Just-War Theory” published in the journal Social Theory and Practice.Sara is a lecturer at the University of York. Her research focuses on topics in contemporary just war theory and global ethics. She’s written about just risk distribution in war, the moral status of animals in war and the distribution of scarce medical resources. Sara is also interested in various other areas in contemporary political theory, such as the literature on political obligation and sovereignty.

Josh is a moral and political philosopher interested in questions about human/animal relationships, food, liberal/libertarian political theory, and applied ethics. He’s a Lecturer in Political Philosophy at Loughborough University and a member of the Research Advisory Committee of the Vegan Society. Josh is the host of the animal studies podcast Knowing Animals, which is streaming on all platforms and his first book, Just Fodder: The Ethics of feeding animals, was the subject of an earlier episode of this podcast.

Website/Socials

https://josh-milburn.com

https://knowinganimals.libsyn.com

@aveganphilosopher, Instagram

@JoshLMilburn, X

http://justice-everywhere.org/author/saravangoozen/

http://thinklikeavegan.com

http://emilialeese.com

@emi.leese or @thinklikeavegan, Instagram, Facebook, X

Radio Warn Nerd https://www.patreon.com/radiowarnerd/posts

Credits

Host: Emilia A. Leese

Guest: Josh Milburn & Sara van Goozen

Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions;

https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com

Graphics: Catherine Dorrell

https://www.messyvegancook.com

Music

Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

Interlude: "Over the Pacific at 3.30am II" by Matthew Gerstenberger;

Seismicity on Soundcloud https://on.soundcloud.com/3Pf8g

Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com