By Mark Brook For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 15:14 GMT, 20 March 2019 | Updated: 15:14 GMT, 20 March 2019
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A university's push for plants and animals to have legal rights under 'multispecies justice' has been slammed by critics as 'utter madness'.
Researchers from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney revealed the radical idea as part of their six-themed 'FutureFix' research program.
According to the faculty's website, the future-facing research projects are aimed at creating solutions for issues of global importance.
A university's push for plants and animals to have legal rights under 'multispecies justice' has been slammed by critics as 'utter madness' (stock image)
Researchers from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney (pictured) revealed the radical idea as part of their six-themed 'FutureFix' research program
The idea of multispecies justice states that legal rights aren't just for humans but rather it extend to plants and animals equally.
'Justice is typically thought to be the preserve of humans, and advocacy has sought to