The Political Theory of Animal Rights
Garner 系统考察自由主义、社群主义和社会民主等政治传统如何回应动物权利问题，主张仅靠道德哲学不足以保护动物，必须将动物权利纳入政治理论框架。 Garner examines how liberalism, communitarianism, and social democracy address animal rights, arguing that moral philosophy alone is insufficient — animal rights must be integrated into political theory.
The Political Theory of Animal Rights (Manchester UP, 2005) argues that the animal protection movement has relied too heavily on moral philosophy and neglected political theory. Garner surveys major political traditions — liberalism, contractarianism, communitarianism, and social democracy — assessing each tradition’s capacity to accommodate animal interests. He makes the case that a social democratic framework, rather than libertarian or liberal approaches, offers the most promising political home for animal rights.