Being animal : beasts and boundaries in nature ethics / Anna L. Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Anna Lisa, 1963-

Series:

Critical Perspectives on Animals

Critical perspectives on animals : theory, culture, science, and law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects.

Animal welfare.

Animal rights.

Environmental protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2013.

Summary:

If nature is what lies beyond human society, then animals must be a part of it. For most people, animals are the most significant aspects of the nonhuman world. They symbolize nature in our imaginations, in popular media and culture, and in campaigns to preserve the wilderness. They are also real creatures and individual subjects with whom we have diverse and complex relationshipsScholars, however, tend to treat animals and the environment as distinct, mutually exclusive objects of interest and concern. Conducting the first systematic examination of the place of animals in scholar

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Animals and Nature; 2. Animals in Environmental Perspective; 3. Animal Ethics; 4. Wild Animals; 5. Domesticated Animals; 6. The Debate Between Environmentalism and Animal Advocacy; 7. Between Animals and Nature: Finding Common Ground; 8. Being Animal; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-231-53426-4