Beastly Morality : Animals as Ethical Agents / Jonathan Crane.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crane, Jonathan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals (Philosophy).

Agent (Philosophy).

Conduct of life.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

We have come to regard nonhuman animals as beings of concern, and we even grant them some legal protections. But until we understand animals as moral agents in and of themselves, they will be nothing more than distant recipients of our largesse. Featuring original essays by philosophers, ethicists, religionists, and ethologists, including Marc Bekoff, Frans de Waal, and Elisabetta Palagi, this collection demonstrates the ability of animals to operate morally, process ideas of good and bad, and think seriously about sociality and virtue.Envisioning nonhuman animals as distinct moral agents marks a paradigm shift in animal studies, as well as philosophy itself. Drawing not only on ethics and religion but also on law, sociology, and cognitive science, the essays in this collection test long-held certainties about moral boundaries and behaviors and prove that nonhuman animals possess complex reasoning capacities, sophisticated empathic sociality, and dynamic and enduring self-conceptions. Rather than claim animal morality is the same as human morality, this book builds an appreciation of the variety and character of animal sensitivities and perceptions across multiple disciplines, moving animal welfarism in promising new directions.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One. Beastly Morality / Crane, Jonathan K.

Part One. The Permeability of Morality

Two. De-humanizing Morality / Hess, Kendy

Three. HumAnI(m)Morality / Meighoo, Sean

Four. Not All Dogs Go to Heaven / Goldfeder, Mark

Part Two. Observing Animal Morality

Five. Animal Empathy as Moral Building Block / Waal, Frans B. M. de

Six. Humans, Other Animals, and the Biology of Morality / Palagi, Elisabetta

Seven. Moral Mutts / Bekoff, Marc

Eight. Fighting Fair / Demetriou, Dan

Part Three. Reading Animal Morality

Nine. Reading, Teaching Insects / King, Harrison

Ten. Jakushin's Dogs and the Goodness of Animals / Bathgate, Michael

Part Four. Reconceiving Animal Morality

Eleven. Just Chimpanzees? / Berkman, John

Twleve. Brutal Justice? / Crane, Jonathan K. / Gross, Aaron S.

Part Five. Epilogue

Thirteen. Beastly Morality: Untangling Possibilities / Crane, Jonathan K. / Satz, Ani B. / Marino, Lori / Willett, Cynthia

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-54053-1

OCLC:

1013953430