Bibliograph

What we owe to nonhuman animals, the historical pretensions of reason and the ideal of felt kinship, Gary Steiner

Type

Label

What we owe to nonhuman animals, the historical pretensions of reason and the ideal of felt kinship, Gary Steiner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-266) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

What we owe to nonhuman animals

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1405211473

Responsibility statement

Gary Steiner

Series statement

Routledge human-animal studies series

Sub title

the historical pretensions of reason and the ideal of felt kinship

Summary

"This book strongly challenges the Western philosophical tradition's assertion that humans are superior to nonhuman animals. It provides a full and direct moral status of nonhuman animals. The book provides basis for a radical critique of the entire trajectory of animal studies over the past fifteen years. The key idea explored is of 'felt kinship' a sense of shared fate with and obligations to all sentient life. It will help to inspire some deep rethinking on the part of leading exponents of animal studies. The book's strong outlook is expressed through an appeal for radical humility on the side of humans rather than a constant reference to the 'human-animal divide'. Historical figures examined in depth include Aristotle; Seneca, and Kant; contemporary figures examined include Christine Korsgaard and Martha Nussbaum. This book presents an account in which the tradition has proceeded based on impartial motivations at all, but instead has made a set of pointedly self-serving assumptions about the proper criteria for assessing moral worth. Readers of this book will gain exposure to a wide variety of thinkers in the Western philosophical tradition, historical as well as contemporary. This book is suitable for professionals working in nonhuman animal studies, students, advanced undergraduates, and practitioners working in the fields of philosophy, environmental studies, law, literature, anthropology, and related fields." --, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Background ideals of living -- The essential role and pitfalls of reason in moral judgment -- Historical idealism and the process of critical reflection -- The affective dimension of moral commitment -- Felt kinship : the essential tension between local and global commitments

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