Animal Suffering: Philosophy and Culture [electronic resource] /
Aaltola, E.author.
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?
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Animal Suffering: The Practice; Do other animals feel pain?; Can other animals suffer?; 'Animal welfare' in Science; 'Animal welfare' in Law; Animal welfare, pain and suffering in practice; Moral implications; 2 Knowing Suffering; Impossible definitions; Scepticism and mechanomorphia; 3 History of Caring; Animal suffering in the history of philosophy; Advocacy and animal suffering; 4 Morality and Non-Human Suffering: Analytical Animal Ethics; The relevance of sentience
Practical implicationsAdvocacy: welfare vs. liberation; Interest conflicts; Existence and naturalness; The argument from absurd consequences; Wild animals; Impossible ideals?; Active or passive suffering?; Universal suffering and universal duties?; 5 Morality and Animal Suffering: Continental Investigations; 6 Emotion, Empathy and Intersubjectivity; Emotions; Empathy; Intersubjectivity; Criticism; 7 Action against Suffering; Concluding Words; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Ethics.
Crime-Sociological aspects.
Sociology.
Social sciences-Philosophy.
Ethics.
Moral Philosophy.
Crime and Society.
Sociology, general.
Social Philosophy.