Environmental political thought, and environmentalism generally, is divided onthe question of whether to ascribe moral standing to nonhuman entities, such as animals or entire ecosystems. As human activity increasing comes to dominate and reshape our world, effectively instrumentalizing everything nonhuman, the question becomes: do we continue with our traditional conception of politics, inclusive only of human interests, merely modifying our behavior to avoid ecological consequences destructive of our interests (e.g., Nordhaus and Shellenberger 2007)? Or do we have a moral responsibility to expand the political community, eschewing an anthropocentric view and instead taking the interests of nonhuman entities into account (e.g., Eckersley 1995; Ball 2011). If so, is it even possible to take account of an Other that cannot speak for itself?