Animal Ethics and the Autonomous Animal Self
This book presents a radical and intuitive argument against the notion that intentional action, agency and autonomy are features belonging only to humans. Using evidence from research into the minds of non-human animals, it explores the ways in which animals can be understood as individuals who are aware of themselves, and the consequent basis of our moral obligations towards them.The first part of this book argues for a conception of agency in animals that admits to degrees among individuals and across species. It explores self-awareness and its various levels of complexity which depend on an animals' other mental capacities. The author offe…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-137-58685-8
- EAN: 9781137586858
- Produktnummer: 21591157
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 177 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'551 KB
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2016
- Abbildungen: Bibliographie
Über den Autor
Natalie Thomas teaches Philosophy, Ethics and Media Studies at the University of Guelph-Humber, in Toronto, Canada. She is an Associate Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK.
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