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The territorial rights of wild animals: Justification
Abstract
Abstract Territorial rights (TR) have become foundational in normative political theory, addressing pressing questions about boundary drawing, governance, and resource use. Influential TR theorists Cara Nine and Margaret Moore justify humans’ TR based on the functional, social, and identity‐anchored normative significance of non‐substitutable places. However, these arguments treat animals as resources, excluding them from normative consideration and political standing. This article analyzes Nine and Moore's arguments to assess whether their justificatory logic applies to wild animals. Using mule deers as a case study, I test whether they have sufficiently weighty interests in occupancy, residency, resource use, and control to ground duties on humans and whether TR theories should continue to treat animals as mere natural resources.
中文
野生动物的领土权利：证成
摘要
领土权利（TR）已成为规范性政治理论的基础性议题，涉及划界、治理和资源使用等紧迫问题。有影响力的TR理论家Cara Nine和Margaret Moore根据不可替代地点在功能、社会和身份锚定方面的规范意义，证成人类的TR。然而，这些论证将动物视为资源，从而将其排除在规范性考量和政治地位之外。本文分析Nine和Moore的论证，以评估其证成逻辑是否适用于野生动物。以骡鹿为案例研究，我检验它们是否在占据、居留、资源使用和控制方面拥有足够重要的利益，从而能够为人确立义务，以及TR理论是否应继续将动物仅仅视为自然资源。
关键词
领土权利、野生动物、动物权利、规范政治理论、证成、骡鹿、政治地位