The idea, long frowned upon in France, of granting rights to others than humans, is today much discussed among jurists and philosophers alike, in a context of ecological urgency. Since the early 1990s, Catherine Larrère has been working on the philosophical issues of environmental ethics and political ecology. Her reflections make a rich contribution to the elaboration of new emancipatory legal concepts for the living.

Catherine Larrère is a philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. With Raphaël Larrère, she has notably published Penser et agir avec la nature : une enquête philosophique, Paris, La Découverte, 2015.