Animal Suffering: Philosophy and Culture

2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-28391-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 247 Seiten, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 479 g

Reihe: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series

Exploring how animal suffering is made meaningful within Western ramifications, the book investigates themes such as skepticism concerning non-human experience, cultural roots of compassion, and contemporary approaches to animal ethics. At its center is the pivotal question: What is the moral significance of animal suffering?

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aaltola, E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Animal Suffering: The Practice Knowing Suffering History of Caring Morality and Non-Human Suffering: Analytical Animal Ethics Morality and Animal Suffering: Continental Investigations Emotion, Empathy, and Intersubjectivity Action Against Suffering Conclusion Notes References Index

Über Autor(innen)

ELISA AALTOLA is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Eastern Finland. She has been researching the theoretical ramifications behind, and practical implications of, the moral status of non-human animals for a number of years and has previously published two Finnish books on animal ethics.