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This engaging volume explores the claim that misanthropy is a justified attitude towards humankind in the light of how human beings both compare with and treat animals. Drawing on both Eastern and Western philosophical traditions David Cooper offers a unique insight into the complex field of animal ethics.
This engaging volume explores the claim that misanthropy is a justified attitude towards humankind in the light of how human beings both compare with and treat animals. Drawing on both Eastern and Western philosophical traditions David Cooper offers a unique insight into the complex field of animal ethics.
David E. Cooper is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Durham University, UK. He has been a Visiting Professor at universities in several countries, including the USA and Sri Lanka. His many books include The Measure of Things: Humanism, Humility and Mystery, A Philosophy of Gardens, Convergence with Nature: A Daoist Perspective,and Senses of Mystery: Engaging with Nature and the Meaning of Life.
Acknowledgements. 1 Misanthropy; Prologue, Feelings and judgements, Human beings, humankind, human nature. 2 Introducing animals; A false start, Two kinds of reflection, A lesson from David Hume, Human animals? Which animals? 3 Human and animal lives; Differences, Affinities, Scepticism, theory and life. 4 Human failings; Reminders, A charge list, Ubiquity and entrenchment. 5 Animal vices and virtues; Animal vices? Human virtues, Animal virtues, Coda: beauty and virtue. 6 Treatment of animals; 'Brutality to "brutes"', Another charge list, Animal suffering and human failings, Conclusion.7 'A fundamental debacle'; Agriculture, hubris, technology, A 'true moral test', 'An eternal Treblinka'? 8 Responding to misanthropy; Optimism, Radicalism, Quietism. 9 Being with animals; Rationality, Attunement, Virtues, emulation and mystery. Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Philosophie |
| Jahrhundert: | Antike |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 146 |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781138295940 |
| ISBN-10: | 1138295949 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Cooper, David |
| Hersteller: | CRC Press |
| Maße: | 196 x 127 x 8 mm |
| Von/Mit: | David Cooper |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.02.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,136 kg |
David E. Cooper is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Durham University, UK. He has been a Visiting Professor at universities in several countries, including the USA and Sri Lanka. His many books include The Measure of Things: Humanism, Humility and Mystery, A Philosophy of Gardens, Convergence with Nature: A Daoist Perspective,and Senses of Mystery: Engaging with Nature and the Meaning of Life.
Acknowledgements. 1 Misanthropy; Prologue, Feelings and judgements, Human beings, humankind, human nature. 2 Introducing animals; A false start, Two kinds of reflection, A lesson from David Hume, Human animals? Which animals? 3 Human and animal lives; Differences, Affinities, Scepticism, theory and life. 4 Human failings; Reminders, A charge list, Ubiquity and entrenchment. 5 Animal vices and virtues; Animal vices? Human virtues, Animal virtues, Coda: beauty and virtue. 6 Treatment of animals; 'Brutality to "brutes"', Another charge list, Animal suffering and human failings, Conclusion.7 'A fundamental debacle'; Agriculture, hubris, technology, A 'true moral test', 'An eternal Treblinka'? 8 Responding to misanthropy; Optimism, Radicalism, Quietism. 9 Being with animals; Rationality, Attunement, Virtues, emulation and mystery. Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Philosophie |
| Jahrhundert: | Antike |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 146 |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9781138295940 |
| ISBN-10: | 1138295949 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Cooper, David |
| Hersteller: | CRC Press |
| Maße: | 196 x 127 x 8 mm |
| Von/Mit: | David Cooper |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.02.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,136 kg |
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