"One is " Omniocracy," a sweeping work of political philosophy decades in the making, proposing a new ethical foundation for society that rejects moral absolutes and instead grounds moral consideration for all beings in science and policy. In Laws' view, traditional political systems are inherently prejudiced: they work for humans only, excluding the vast majority of sentient beings. An omniocracy, she argues, would account for all living beings as constituents whose interests must be weighed in the decisions that affect them."
"Laws' second new book of 2025, " Elevator People," takes a different approach. It is a speculative novel designed to draw mainstream readers in through suspense and world-building, presenting unsettling scenarios that mirror the hidden realities faced by animals in factory farms, laboratories, and captivity. Laws conceived the book very intentionally as a kind of Trojan horse, meant to reach audiences who may never pick up a philosophy text or traditional "animal rights" book."
Charlotte Laws has spent decades as a politician, TV personality, academic, and advocate who consistently defends animals. She served as an elected official in Los Angeles and helped reshape representation to include nonhuman animals while advancing pro-animal legislation. Omniocracy proposes a new ethical foundation that rejects moral absolutes and integrates scientific and policy-based moral consideration for all sentient beings, treating living beings as constituents whose interests must be weighed in decision making. Elevator People is a speculative novel that uses suspense and world-building to reveal hidden realities of factory farms, laboratories, and captivity and aims to reach mainstream audiences and a film adaptation.
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