The moral menagerie : philosophy and animal rights / Marc R. Fellenz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fellenz, Marc R., 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal rights--Philosophy.

Animal rights.

Human-animal relationships--Philosophy.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Moral Menagerie offers a broad philosophical analysis of the recent debate over animal rights. Marc Fellenz locates the debate in its historical and social contexts, traces its roots in the history of Western philosophy, and analyzes the most important arguments that have been offered on both sides. _x000B__x000B_Fellenz argues that the debate has been philosophically valuable for focusing attention on fundamental problems in ethics and other areas of philosophy, and for raising issues ofconcern to both Anglo-American and continental thinkers. More provocatively, he also argues that the form the debate often takes--attempting to extend our traditional human-centered moral categories to cover other animals--is ultimately inadequate. Making use of the critical perspectives found in environmentalism, feminism, and postmodernism, he concludes that taking animals seriously requires a more radical reassessment of our moral framework than the concept of animal rights? implies.

Contents:

Introduction

Why care about animals?

Broader philosophical considerations

Utilitarian arguments : the value of animal experience

Deontological arguments : do animals have natural rights?

Aristotelian arguments : animal telos and human aretē

Contractarian arguments : animals outside the state of nature

Extensionism and its limits

The call and the circle : the animal in postmodern thought

Ecophilosophy : deep ecology and ecofeminism

Sacrifice and self-overcoming

The child, the hunter, and the artist.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-289) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-25105-1

9786613251053

0-252-09118-3

OCLC:

785781180