TY - BOOK ID - 119292269 TI - Integrationism and the Self : Reflections on the Legal Personhood of Animals. PY - 2019 SN - 1315143135 1351389580 1351389599 113830879X PB - Milton : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Persons (Law) KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Animals KW - Animal rights KW - Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) KW - Semiotics. KW - Philosophy. KW - Law and legislation. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Semeiotics KW - Semiology (Linguistics) KW - Semantics KW - Signs and symbols KW - Structuralism (Literary analysis) KW - Law of persons KW - Personality (Law) KW - Status (Law) KW - Integrationism (Linguistics) KW - Linguistics KW - Semiotics KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Animal liberation KW - Animals' rights KW - Rights of animals KW - Animal welfare KW - Animal kingdom KW - Beasts KW - Fauna KW - Native animals KW - Native fauna KW - Wild animals KW - Wildlife KW - Organisms KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Zoology KW - Moral and ethical aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:119292269 AB - In recent years a set of challenging questions have arisen in relation to the status of animals; their treatment by human beings; their cognitive abilities; and the nature of their feelings, emotions, and capacity for suffering. This ground-breaking book draws from integrational semiology to investigate arguments around the rights of certain animals to be recognized as legal persons, thereby granting them many of the protections enjoyed by humans. In parallel with these debates, the question of the legal personality of artificial intelligence (AI) systems has moved to the forefront of legal debate, with entities such as robots, cyborgs, self-driving cars, and genetically engineered beings under consideration. Integrationism offers a framework within which the wider theoretical and practical issues can be understood. Law requires closure and categorical answers; integrationism is an open-ended form of inquiry that is seen as removed from particular controversies. This book argues that the two domains can be brought together in a challenging and productive synthesis. A much-needed resource to examine the heart of this fascinating debate and a must-read for anyone interested in semiology, linguistics, philosophy, ethics, and law. ER -