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Author | : Christine Marion Korsgaard |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0198753853 |
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Presents a compelling new view of our moral relationships to the other animals
Author | : Virginia Morell |
Publisher | : Crown Publishing Group (NY) |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Animal behavior |
ISBN | : 0307461440 |
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Explores the frontiers of research on animal cognition and emotion, offering a surprising examination into the hearts and minds of wild and domesticated animals.
Author | : Christine M. Korsgaard |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2018-06-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0191068381 |
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Christine M. Korsgaard presents a compelling new view of humans' moral relationships to the other animals. She defends the claim that we are obligated to treat all sentient beings as what Kant called "ends-in-themselves". Drawing on a theory of the good derived from Aristotle, she offers an explanation of why animals are the sorts of beings for whom things can be good or bad. She then turns to Kant's argument for the value of humanity to show that rationality commits us to claiming the standing of ends-in-ourselves, in two senses. Kant argued that as autonomous beings, we claim to be ends-in-ourselves when we claim the standing to make laws for ourselves and each other. Korsgaard argues that as beings who have a good, we also claim to be ends-in-ourselves when we take the things that are good for us to be good absolutely and so worthy of pursuit. The first claim commits us to joining with other autonomous beings in relations of moral reciprocity. The second claim commits us to treating the good of every sentient creature as something of absolute importance. Korsgaard argues that human beings are not more important than the other animals, that our moral nature does not make us superior to the other animals, and that our unique capacities do not make us better off than the other animals. She criticizes the "marginal cases" argument and advances a new view of moral standing as attaching to the atemporal subjects of lives. She criticizes Kant's own view that our duties to animals are indirect, and offers a non-utilitarian account of the relation between pleasure and the good. She also addresses a number of directly practical questions: whether we have the right to eat animals, experiment on them, make them work for us and fight in our wars, and keep them as pets; and how to understand the wrong that we do when we cause a species to go extinct.
Author | : Mary Lou Randour |
Publisher | : New World Library |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2011-02-08 |
Genre | : Pets |
ISBN | : 1577313224 |
Download Animal Grace Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Animal Grace explores the human-animal relationship as a path to enlightenment. Randour calls for readers to examine how their lives intersect with members of other species and ensure that those interactions are based on compassion and respect.
Author | : Man |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1745 |
Genre | : Religion and ethics |
ISBN | : |
Download A Letter from a Man to His Fellow-creatures, Relating to Several Important Points of Religion and Morality: Shewing the Power We Have Over Our Own Thoughts, and the Advantages Arising from a Proper Exercise Thereof Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Henry Beston |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 141 |
Release | : 2024-01-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1504081714 |
Download The Outermost House Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The classic nature memoir of Cape Cod in the early twentieth century, “written with simplicity, sympathy, and beauty” (New York Herald Tribune). When Henry Beston returned home from World War I, he sought refuge and healing at a house on the outer beach of Cape Cod. He was so taken by the natural beauty of his surroundings that his two-week stay extended into a yearlong solitary adventure. He spent his time trying to capture in words the wonders of the magical landscape he found himself in thrall to. In The Outermost House, Beston chronicles his experiences observing the migrations of seabirds, the rhythms of the tide, the windblown dunes, and the scatter of stars in the changing summer sky. Beston argued: “The world today is sick to its thin blood for the lack of elemental things, for fire before the hands, for water, for air, for the dear earth itself underfoot.” Nearly a century after publication, Beston’s words are more true than ever.
Author | : Dale Peterson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2012-06-19 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1608193462 |
Download The Moral Lives of Animals Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Examines the moral behavior observed in animals and argues that human beings are not the only species to live by the principles of cooperation, kindness, and empathy.
Author | : Jo-Anne McArthur |
Publisher | : Lantern Books |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2013-12-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1590565207 |
Download We Animals Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Drawn from a thousand photos taken over fifteen years, We Animals illustrates and investigates animals in the human environment: whether they're being used for food, fashion and entertainment, or research, or are being rescued to spend their remaining years in sanctuaries. Award-winning photojournalist and animal advocate Jo-Anne McArthur provides a valuable lesson about our treatment of animals, makes animal industries visible and accountable, and widens our circle of compassion to include all sentient beings.
Author | : Phyllis Hobe |
Publisher | : Perigee Trade |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780399525513 |
Download Travels with Our Fellow Creatures Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Classic and contemporary writings explore bonds between mankind and animals, featuring a diverse group of talents, including John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway and others.
Author | : Robert E. Kohler |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2013-10-31 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1400849713 |
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We humans share Earth with 1.4 million known species and millions more species that are still unrecorded. Yet we know surprisingly little about the practical work that produced the vast inventory we have to date of our fellow creatures. How were these multitudinous creatures collected, recorded, and named? When, and by whom? Here a distinguished historian of science tells the story of the modern discovery of biodiversity. Robert Kohler argues that the work begun by Linnaeus culminated around 1900, when collecting and inventory were organized on a grand scale in natural history surveys. Supported by governments, museums, and universities, biologists launched hundreds of collecting expeditions to every corner of the world. Kohler conveys to readers the experience and feel of expeditionary travel: the customs and rhythms of collectors' daily work, and its special pleasures and pains. A novel twist in this story is that survey collecting was rooted not just in science but also in new customs of outdoor recreation, such as hiking, camping, and sport hunting. These popular pursuits engendered a wide scientific interest in animals and plants and inspired wealthy nature-goers to pay for expeditions. The modern discovery of biodiversity became a reality when scientists' desire to know intersected with the culture of outdoor vacationing. General readers as well as scholars will find this book fascinating.