Friendship in Captivity? Plato’s Lysis as a Guide to Interspecies Justice

Amy Linch

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 2021, vol. 22, issue 1, 108-130

Abstract: How should a just society treat the many non-human animals that live entirely within human societies? If securing the capabilities of non-human animals is a basic commitment of justice, how can we know which capabilities to secure, and at what level, to enable them to live lives worthy of their dignity? Friendship, as understood through Plato’s Lysis, suggests a posture toward animals that can enable humans to better apprehend what their flourishing requires and to embrace changes in human-animal relationships that are necessary to animals’ flourishing. This conception of friendship deepens the role of the species norm in evaluating humans’ relationships with animals and enables us to see the flourishing of other animals as intimately linked to human flourishing.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2020.1865289

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